Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 1 City Councilor Matthew McLaughlin, and city staff invite you to a virtual community meeting about transportation safety improvements on Tufts Street.

The city is reconstructing Tufts Street and its sidewalks as part of the citywide Pavement and Sidewalk Management Program.

This presents an opportunity to redesign the street to make it safer for all users. Tufts Street is a residential street that serves as an important connection to the new East Somerville Green Line station. It’s also designated as a Neighborway in the Somerville Bicycle Network Plan, so the new design will prioritize traffic-calming elements to reduce speeds and discourage cut-through traffic. Join this community meeting to learn more, share your experiences using Tufts Street, and discuss what changes you’d like included in its redesign.

The city will continue community engagement through the fall, share a conceptual design for public feedback this winter, and present final designs next spring. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2024 and continue through 2025.

The meeting will take place Wednesday, August 30, at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom. You can also take a 5-minute survey on the project website to help inform the street’s redesign. Learn more, take the survey, and find the virtual meeting link at somervillema.gov/tuftsstreet.