Somerville Infrastructure@SomervilleInfr1

Official Twitter account for the Department of Infrastructure and Asset Management for the City of Somerville, MA. 🏗🚧🚜🦺

 Somerville, MA
somervillema.gov/departments…
Joined February 2021
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Somerville Infrastructure retweeted
Somerville Infrastructure@SomervilleInfr1
31 Jul 2025
@StreetsblogMASS did a bike tour of our new cycle track and green infrastructure in our Spring Hill Project, take a look! youtube.com/watch?v=agXQZ6v0… 🚲🌳🌱

Somerville's new garden-protected bike lanes

The City of Somerville just finished a major sewer replacement proj...

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Tufts Street reconstruction has started, learn more about the Neighborways led mural created by local artists that will complement the new safe street design. youtube.com/watch?v=c9tOKLJA…
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Happy Friday! Today crews are building a raised table at Summer/Quincy/Prescott Street to square up the new and improved intersection.
Happy Friday! Today crews are building a raised table at Summer/Quincy/Prescott Street to square up the new and improved intersection.

ALT Happy Friday! Today crews are building a raised table at Summer/Quincy/Prescott Street to square up the new and improved intersection.
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Crews are topping the Lower Summer Street Cycle Track today bringing it to final grade. 🚲
Crews are topping the Lower Summer Street Cycle Track today bringing it to final grade. 🚲

ALT Crews are topping the Lower Summer Street Cycle Track today bringing it to final grade. 🚲

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It's bike rack install season on Lower Summer Street. 🚲 A tell-tale sign that the Spring Hill Construction Project is wrapping up.
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And now your moment of Zen. The new irrigation system watering the bio-retention basin on Summer Street.
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New bioretention basin on Cambria Street at Central Street, with two new trees planted behind it.👩‍🍳💋🌳🌱🌦️
New bioretention basin on Cambria Street at Central Street, with two new trees planted behind it.👩‍🍳💋🌳🌱🌦️

ALT New bioretention basin on Cambria Street at Central Street, with two new trees planted behind it.👩‍🍳💋🌳🌱🌦️

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Somerville Infrastructure retweeted
Somerville Bicycle Safety@somerbikesafety
26 Jun 2025
MassDot unveiled a new, wider design for the planned bike/pedestrian bridge over the Mystic River. Construction could begin in 2026: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06…

MassDOT Reveals New Designs, Timeline for Delayed Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project - Streetsb...

MassDOT now says it hopes to open the bridge before 2030 – a more ambitious timeline than agency officials had reported just a few weeks ago.

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To misquote Doctor Emmett Brown, (Doc Brown, to his friends), "Roads where we are going, we need roads!" School Street from Highland Ave to Summer Street has been paved.
Freshly paved School Street from Highland Ave to Summer Street.

ALT Freshly paved School Street from Highland Ave to Summer Street.

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School is out for Summer, which makes it much easier to final pave School and Summer Street today.
Final paving of School and Summer Street today.

ALT Final paving of School and Summer Street today.
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Did you know that grass and lawn clippings in our waterways are a source of nutrient pollution? When grass clippings decompose, they release Phosphorus into the water, causing fish kills and algae blooms that are toxic to humans and wildlife alike. Pls dispose of grass clippings.
Did you know that grass and lawn clippings in our waterways are a source of nutrient pollution? When the grass clippings decompose, they release Phosphorus into the water, causing fish kills and algae blooms that are toxic to humans and wildlife alike. Please dispose of grass clippings properly.

ALT Did you know that grass and lawn clippings in our waterways are a source of nutrient pollution? When the grass clippings decompose, they release Phosphorus into the water, causing fish kills and algae blooms that are toxic to humans and wildlife alike. Please dispose of grass clippings properly.

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Tuesday! Tuesday! Tuesday! The long-awaited, FINAL paving of the last two remaining streets for the Spring Hill Project will be taking place! -Summer Street (Bow Street to School Street) -School Street (Highland Ave to Summer Street) voice.somervillema.gov/sprin…
Final paving of School Street and Summer Street scheduled for Tuesday

ALT Final paving of School Street and Summer Street scheduled for Tuesday

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New raised intersection alert at Hanson and Skehan Street looking so fresh and so clean! Crosswalks coming soon.
New raised intersection at Skehan and Hanson Street looking so.

ALT New raised intersection at Skehan and Hanson Street looking so.
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🐶💩you hate stepping in it, and 🐟 hate swimming in it, too! We ask that you regularly scoop your dog's poop from public areas AND your backyard, before it washes into our waterways. Visit somervillema.gov/departments… or mysticriver.org/stormwater for more info. @MWRA_update
🐶💩you hate stepping in it, and 🐟 hate swimming in it, too! We ask that you regularly scoop your dog's poop from public areas AND your backyard, before it washes into our waterways. Visit https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/programs/stormwater-management or www.mysticriver.org/stormwater for more info.

ALT 🐶💩you hate stepping in it, and 🐟 hate swimming in it, too! We ask that you regularly scoop your dog's poop from public areas AND your backyard, before it washes into our waterways. Visit https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/programs/stormwater-management or www.mysticriver.org/stormwater for more info.

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Our Urban Forestry team have updated their tree planting map with locations for spring 2025. 125 trees will be planted in this cycle. 🌳google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer…

Tree Plantings Spring 2025 - Google My Maps

Tree Plantings Spring 2025

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....And sidewalks poured, we will also be adding porous flex pave behind the tree to allow the roots to continue to grow now that that area is no longer needed for passage.
New bump out around existing tree on School Street.

ALT New bump out around existing tree on School Street.

Somerville Infrastructure@SomervilleInfr1
5 Jun 2025
Yesterday, crews worked on creating a new bump out around this large healthy tree on School Street to allow safe passage. 🌳We are working on getting the street prepared for final paving the week of June 23rd, more info to come.
Crews building a bump out around a large tree on School Street.

ALT Crews building a bump out around a large tree on School Street.

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Yesterday, crews worked on creating a new bump out around this large healthy tree on School Street to allow safe passage. 🌳We are working on getting the street prepared for final paving the week of June 23rd, more info to come.
Crews building a bump out around a large tree on School Street.

ALT Crews building a bump out around a large tree on School Street.

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Children get excited when the tooth fairy comes over night, we get excited when we are visited by our street paint crews at night to mark up our new Summer Street Cycle Track. 🚲
Crews working over night to paint bike marks on Summer Street.

ALT Crews working over night to paint bike marks on Summer Street.
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Happy final paving day of Oxford, Hersey, Cambria, Gibbens and Central Street (from Summer Street to Highland Ave) to all who celebrate! 🚧
Freshly paved Oxford Street.

ALT Freshly paved Oxford Street.
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