QUINOBEQUIN ROAD AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS – ELLIS STREET TO I-95 OVERPASS

•Design, prepare 100% construction plans, specifications

•construction cost estimates prepare

•obtain required permits and approvals as necessary

•provide bidding and construction phase services for the design of the Quinobequin Road and Trail Improvements – Ellis Street to I-95 Overpass, Newton.

The scope of the project will include design of full depth reconstruction of approximately 8,000 LF of Quinobequin Road, and the design and layout of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations south of the

roadway, with river overlooks.

LOWER FALLS SHARED-USE TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY –

QUINOBEQUIN ROAD TO LEO J. MARTIN GOLF COURSE NEWTON AND WELLESLEY, MA

•Conduct a feasibility study for a shared-use trail connection between

•the Route I-95 rail bridge at the southeast corner of Leo J. Martin Golf Course and

•Wellesley, and the south side of the I-95 Overpass on Quinobequin Road, Newton, MA.

The consultant team shall inventory DCR-owned parklands, other open space and roadway right of ways to propose alternative layouts for safe and accessible bicycle and pedestrian accommodations.

Download Lower Falls RFP

Download Quinobequin RFP

The Riverside Greenway Concept includes a combination of shared-use, ADA-compliant and foot-trails to connect the current terminus of  the Blue Heron Trail in Lyon's Field in Auburndale with the Lower Falls "Trestle" Bridge with access to 45 miles of trails in Wellesley. The Riverside Greenway Working Group presented their work over the last year to make this vision reality to an enthusiastic, standing-room-only audience at the Newton Main Library on January 24th 2018. 

View the slide show or a video of the event with presentations by Emily Norton of the CWRA, Dan Driscoll of Mass DCR and Herb Nolan of the Solomon Foundation and the RGWG, including the Q&A filmed by Ted Kuklinski of the Newton Conservators.

Join us for ‘Creating Greenways Along the Charles’ — a panel discussion of the parklands along Charles River in Newton on Thursday, January 24 from 7-9pm in the Drucker Auditorium of the Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton) . The panelists will present the history and a vision to restore this heritage, including new bike/pedestrian greenways along the Charles River and the role greenways play in maintaining the health and vitality of the river, the people and the communities.

Panelists:

• Herb Nolan, Executive Director of The Solomon Foundation
• Dan Driscoll, Director of the Office of Recreational Facilities Planning in the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Emily Norton, Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association & Newton City Councilor

This event is sponsored by the Newton Free Library and co-sponsored by The Riverside Greenway Working Group, Newton Conservators, Bike Newton, The Solomon Foundation, Green Newton and the League of Women Voters Newton.

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