Watertown $17.3M Infrastructure Project Receives Award

WATERTOWN, MA – A $17.3 million infrastructure project between Belmont and Watertown is among seven construction initiatives across the state awarded by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts. The Belmont Street-Trapelo Road reconstruction project received Bronze in the 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards competition, MassDOT announced Friday.

Projects were selected based upon uniqueness, originality, technical value to engineering, complexity and the extent to which they met the needs of the community.

"We are proud to be recognized for the success and importance of these important projects," Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack said in a statement. "We thank the MassDOT staff and personnel as well as the consultants, contractors, elected and local officials, and members of the public who played in role in developing and completing these projects and helping serve the needs of these local communities."

The Belmont Street-Trapelo Road project addressed traffic signal and geometric issues along the two-and-a-half-mile corridor and improved the reliability, capacity, safety and mobility of the stretch for pedestrians, cyclists, public transportation and vehicles. The project also added new sidewalks, marked bicycle lanes and landscaping items.

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