Sewer Work Continues on Mass. Ave.

Expect to encounter traffic in East Arlington between Massachusetts Avenue and Route 16 in the coming months.

The Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) will be doing court ordered construction on the corner of Mass. Ave. and Route 16 starting through October 31, 2010.

They are installing structures to better control sewer overflows during storms, and separate the pollutants and sewage out of the discharge before it enters the Alewife Brook.

Though the actual construction will take place within the city of Cambridge, it will impact traffic n Arlington.  

Construction will occur between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. At least one lane of traffic will be open in each direction at all times, so that drivers can continue to use Mass. Ave. and an officer from the Arlington Police Department will be on site from 8 p.m. through midnight.  

The bus stop that is now at Boulevard Road will be temporarily moved to Lafayette Street, where there is already a crosswalk, in order to keep pedestrians out of the construction zone.

For more information, contact: Bruno Cardarelli, Resident Engineer, SEA Consultants Inc., (617) 799-4374, or Laura Wiener, Senior Planner, at 781-316-3091, or lwiener@town.arlington.ma.us.