After Half A Century, Woburn Transit Is About To Cross The Tracks: Report

WOBURN, MA — Plans to connect a burgeoning business district with the city’s transportation hub appear to be on a smooth road, and the link could be linked in a few months.

Mayor Michael Concannon said construction of a 1,850-foot bridge, spanning commuter rail tracks at the Anderson Regional Transportation Center, should be done by late summer, according to the Woburn Daily Times Chronicle.

The $28 million project would connect New Boston Street with the area, just east across the tracks, for the first time since 1972.

Recently, New Boston Street has been bustling with new residents and new businesses. And there’s been pent-up demand for the vehicular bridge, which would connect them with the RTC and then with metro Boston.

What’s not yet clear is whether a proposed pedestrian bridge might make it even easier to transit from New Boston Street to the area’s major transit center.

To read the Woburn Daily Times Chronicle coverage, click here.