<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Paul -<div><br></div><div>The Town of Brookline controls a section of Rt. 9 in Brookline Village - an area known as Gateway East or Village Square. The Town-controlled portion of Rt. 9 (Washington Street) is adjacent to sections still controlled by MassDOT. Hopefully the Town's improvements carry over to the state portion as MassDOT looks to the future. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The Town was able to undertake its own visioning process for that portion of the corridor, which led to the creation of a public realm plan. The public realm plan had conceptual level design plans that were the basis for us to seek TIP funding at the Boston region MPO for roadway/corridor improvements. Town control over the planning process led to much-improved bicycle and pedestrian accommodation in the corridor (along with much-needed landscape and hardscape improvements) and allowed for close coordination with new residential/commercial growth. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Joe</div><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">___________________________________</span></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.brooklinema.gov/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.brooklinema.gov/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black"></span></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 10:45 AM Paul Dell'Aquila via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning, Mass Planners -</div><div>Have any communities out there been able to take over control of a state road going through a downtown/town center? The Upton Police Chief mentioned this possibility to the Economic Development Committee recently and they have asked me to see if there are any examples of this occurring. <br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div>Paul Dell'Aquila, AICP<br></div><div>Upton Town Planner/Economic Development Coordinator<br></div></div>
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