Category Archives: construction

Wellesley Police are putting commuters on notice that Washington Street will be closed to eastbound traffic from Walnut Street to the Newton line on Monday through Wednesday (Oct 3-5) from 9am-3pm due to construction. Traffic will be detoured down Walnut Street in Wellesley to Washington Street in Newton. Washington Street will be open westbound, but [...]

Tired of all the noise, noise, noise, noise? All the noise The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will hold a meeting at Wellesley Town Hall on Oct. 11 at 7pm to discuss noise barriers on Rte. 95 southbound in Wellesley. The Type II barrier proposed would be near the Barton Road and Duxbury Road neighborhoods. RELATED: [...]

National Development, which oversees the 27 Washington St., project that includes the rapidly rising Waterstone at Wellesley senior living facility and another building for retail/business, has given neighbors a heads up that there will be a little more jackhammering and construction worker yap to look forward to in coming months as road improvements to Washington [...]

Much fuss was made of the Mass DOT’s July 4th weekend destruction/replacement of the Cedar Street/Rte. 9  bridge. But one lingering question we had: Does the bridge get a fancy new name, like the Rte. 16/9 bridge did last year (in honor of lawyer/ex-state senator David Locke)? At least for now, the answer from the [...]

Why could the Rockland Street Bridge over the railroad tracks possibly need a face lift? Pretty obvious if you’ve driven or walked across its messy wood and tar surface any time recently. It’s up next for Mass DOT, fresh off the Cedar Street bridge replacement. Some conduit work has already been done but the real [...]

The Mass Department of Transportation has had a busy weekend demolishing the old Cedar Street bridge and rolling in a new one over a 36-hour span. Cedar Street and Rte. 9 in the area are slated to be re-opened by 10 pm July 4. More from Boston.com.

Wellesley will have a traffic treat of its own for you starting Friday night due to the Cedar St. bridge replacement. From the Wellesley Police Department: The old Cedar Street bridge over Route 9 will be completely demolished, and the ‘new’ bridge will be moved into place starting during the evening of July 1st, and [...]

The Mass Department of Transportation is moving along on its accelerated bridge replacement project for the Cedar Street Bridge in Wellesley that crosses Rte. 9 down near the Fiske School. If you haven’t been over there in a while, here’s a look at the replacement superstructure being built alongside the current bridge, which will be [...]