The South Boston Seaport Strategic Plan contains various road enhancements, as a part of its aim to enhance the connectivity and effectiveness of the waterfront district’s transit community.
Jointly led by the Boston Planning and Development Agency and Boston Transportation Department, the plan is concentrated on the transit mode — reminiscent of buses, the Silver Line and ferries — and contains suggestions for future enhancements, in accordance with town.
The transit plan makes suggestions for bus lanes on Summer Street, which might even be utilized by vans and enhance freight entry to and from Marine Park, in accordance with town, which plans to pilot the venture earlier than deciding whether or not to implement the adjustments completely.
The South Boston Seaport is “experiencing unprecedented development,” and is on observe to be town’s second-largest employment hub by 2030, behind downtown and forward of the Back Bay, in accordance with the plan.
Infrastructure enhancements underway embody the entire road reconstruction of Northern Avenue in Marine Park; intersection reconstruction at Northern Avenue, Haul Road and Fid Kennedy Avenue; reconstruction of Congress Street from Fort Point Channel to Boston Wharf Road, and of Sleeper Street; roadway enhancements at Seaport Square; the inclusion of a pedestrian hall from Summer Street to Seaport Boulevard; alternative of the Northern Avenue Bridge; and the entire road reconstruction of Cypher Street to E Street.
Related transit initiatives embody the MBTA’s bus community redesign, East Boston ferry pilot and new Silver Line bus fleet procurement.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”