Learn More About the Western Pearl Street Updated Design and Share Your Feedback!

On October 4, the City hosted an outdoor open house to share the Updated Design for the Western Pearl Street Reconstruction project. Thank you to the community members who were able to join, ask questions, and share your feedback.

After reviewing all the feedback we collected in May 2025 for the concept design options, we developed a more detailed version of the Concept Design Option 1. The design includes:

  • Two-directional protected bike lanes from Medford Street to Skilton Avenue.
  • One direction of protected bike lane heading eastbound between Skilton Avenue and McGrath Highway.
  • Raised crosswalks across side streets that intersect with Pearl Street.
  • A raised crosswalk across two sections of Medford Street.
  • Raised intersections at Marshall Street and Walnut Street.
  • Two fully accessible parking spaces.
  • Two loading zones.
  • One side of parking primarily on the north side of the street.
  • Four in-lane or floating bus stops.
  • And approximately 16 new trees.

Take a look at the materials below to learn more about the proposed concept design options.

Later this week, we will publish a video of a recorded presentation talking through the concept design details.

We want to hear from you! Over the next month, we aim to gather as much feedback as possible through a variety of community outreach activities.

Take our Updated Design Feedback Survey to share your feedback. The survey is now available until October 31, 2025. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Nepali, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

Come join us at our upcoming street outreach pop-up on October 7 at the intersection of Medford Street and Pearl Street from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to talk to staff in-person, share your ideas, and ask questions. If we change the date due to inclement weather, we will post an update on project webpage.

Join one of our Virtual Office Hours to ask your questions or give feedback to the project team. Community members can log into the zoom webinar at any time during the event.

At any time, please feel free to reach out to the Mobility Division with any of your questions or comments at transportation@somervillema.gov or 311 (617-666-3311). If you would like to sign up for the Mobility Monthly Newsletter to get updates about this project and other transportation planning work in the City, subscribe here. If you would like to join the project’s direct email list, please reach out to transportation@somervillema.gov.

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