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Highway Administrator’s Report

Jonathan L. Gulliver October 2021

MassDOT Official Position on Modified At-Grade

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Modified At-Grade Option(Looking East)

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Details of Modified At-Grade - Benefits • Removing elevated bridge structure to allow for an improved gateway into the city • Improving 1-90 geometry with flatter and straighter alignment • Mitigating longer-term maintenance and life-cycle costs • Replacing the Grand Junction Bridge {GJR) over Soldiers Field Road • Eliminating the visual harrier of the elevated viaduct and providing enhanced neighborhood

views • Providing a fully separated and widened PDW Path for pedestrians and bicycles • Incorporating a boardwalk in the Charles River resulting in improved views • Allowing for an attractive and highly desired pedestrian/bicycle connection from Agganis

Way to Charles River • Public support and consensus of local elected officials, various stakeholders and

advocates, and residents 3

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Next Steps - Permitting • Coordination with Regulatory Agencies

- MassDDT will continue ta coordinate with FHWA and other federal and state agencies with jurisdiction or special expertise with respect to potential impacts or effects associated with the Project

• Notice of Project Change - Incorporate updated design refinements and provide a preliminary overview of potential impacts

since the 2D17 DEIR

- Respond to agency and public comments received on the 2D17 DEIR

- Expected to be published far public comment by the end of 2D21

• Advancement of DEIS/SDEIR - Evaluate each alternative and describe potential mitigation for unavoidable adverse impacts

- Respond to the scope from the Secretary's Certificate

- Respond to agency and public comments received on the NPC

- MassDDTwill work closely with FHWA and MEPA while developing this joint document 4

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Next Steps – Finance Strategy

• Federal Discretionary Funding • Federal Formula Funding

• Not impacting current program • Value Sharing From Key Stakeholders (City of Boston and Abutting Universities) • Metropolitan Highway System

• No toll increase on I-90 • Mitigation and add-ons responsibility

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ACEC Awards – 2020 and 2021 2020

Bronze Award • Faunce Corner Road Reconstruction –

Dartmouth • Casey Arborway –Boston

Silver Award • Woods Memorial Bridge –

Everett/Medford • Fanny Appleton Ped Bridge – Boston • Route 2 Bridge Replacement -

Lexington

2020 Grand Conceptor:

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Bronze Award • Morton/Gallivan Intersection – Boston • Dorothy Pond Dredging - Millbury

Silver Award • Route 146 Interchange – Millbury

Gold Award • Kelley Square - Worcester

I-95/I-93 (Route 128) Bridge Project – Wellesley/Needham 6

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