This temporary detour (approximately one week, weather permitting) will enable city contractors to pave the newly built path and loam/seed green space along the northern half of the park. Following paving, the new path will be opened to the public and work at the site will transition to the southern half of the park where the temporary community path currently sits. 

 

Once in the detour is place, no one will be allowed in the park and the detour will be in effect 24 hours a day. Community path users and community members are reminded to please use caution while traveling along detour streets in residential neighborhoods.  

 

For details, including a full detour map, please visit somervillema.gov/junctionpark.  

 

About Somerville Junction Park 

Somerville Junction Park is an important neighborhood green space and a key resting place along the Community Path. The ongoing redesign, led by the city’s Division of  Public Space and Urban Forestry,  will increase the park’s total area from 0.6 acres to 1.43 acres by eliminating 0.83 acres of asphalt, while also adding gathering spaces, seating, hammock posts, bike racks and a repair station, among other amenities.

 

The updated park will also feature new trees and native plantings to help cool the air and increase biodiversity. While the community path will be reopened after the new path is paved, the park will remain under construction and is expected to open in spring of 2025.