Summer Street Traffic Signal Upgrades - Begin 7/29 or Soon After

Beginning on or around Monday, July 29th, 2024, the City’s Spring Hill contractor will begin upgrading the signalized intersections at Central Street and Summer Street, and School Street and Summer Street.

New standardized signals will be installed with new emergency vehicle pre-emption equipment (equipment that prioritizes getting emergency vehicles through intersections as efficiently and safely as possible).

What is happening?

The existing, aging signal infrastructure will be dismantled and stop signs will be installed as a temporary measure to control and maintain traffic during these signal upgrades. We anticipate this work to occur over the next four weeks

Now that Central Street has become a one-way northbound street (between Summer St. and Highland Ave), along with the current one-way condition of School Street, each of these intersections will become 3-way stops while under construction. Illustrations of each of these temporary configurations is included below.

Signage will be in place to alert people traveling through the neighborhood to the change in condition.

Summer St. at Central St. - Temporary Configuration

Summer St. at School St. - Temporary Configuration

Construction Impacts

• Periodic lane shifts and/or detours to accommodate the work to upgrade the signals.

• Parking restrictions may be in place near intersections to facilitate this work.

  • Please observe posted signage.

If you have questions about this work, please email construction@somervillema.gov or call the Engineering Division 617-625-6600 ext. 5400.