Rutherford Avenue / Sullivan Square Design Project
The Rutherford Ave/Sullivan Square Design is a transformative project to improve Sullivan Square and Rutherford Ave into a safe multimodal corridor.
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Project Information
Upcoming Events
Upcoming EventsAbout the project
The Rutherford Ave/Sullivan Square Design Project is a $200+M Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) project that will reconstruct Sullivan Square and convert Rutherford Ave into multimodal boulevard with a linear park. This is the largest fully-funded, municipally-led roadway project in the Commonwealth.
We are working with the community to design a modern, safe, people-centered connection between Sullivan Square and City Square.
The project will address fundamental safety, accessibility, and mobility issues within the existing corridor. The project includes:
- An at-grade design design that eliminates flood-prone, space-intensive, and costly underpasses
- Reorientation of the project area to serve pedestrians, with expansion of sidewalks, more crosswalks, and a linear park
- Replacement of the existing crash-prone Sullivan Square Circle with a more neighborhood-scaled street grid
- Opportunities for improved transit access and service including bus priority lanes
- Traffic engineering to limit cut-through traffic on Charlestown streets
- Coordination with improvements to the John J. Ryan Playground as well as new development projects
Project Updates
Project UpdateThe Boston Transportation Department is supporting the ongoing PLAN Charlestown initiative.
The City of Boston is currently reevaluating the Rutherford Avenue design to better align it with its Go Boston 2030 goal of increasing transit use citywide. We also want to create a corridor that is equipped to manage potential future growth.
Meeting documents
Meeting documents- Overall site plan presented at March 28 meeting
- March 28 meeting presentation
- March 28 meeting announcement
- January 24 meeting announcement
- January 24 meeting presentation
- January 24 community comment board notes
- January 24 feedback on Sullivan Square layout (Map 1)
- January 24 feedback on Sullivan Square layout (Map 2)
- January 24 feedback on Sullivan Square layout (Map 3)
- January 24 feedback on Sullivan Square layout (Map 4)
- October 8 meeting flyer
- October 8 meeting handout
- October 8 meeting presentation
- October 8 meeting notes
- July 23 meeting flyer
- July 23 meeting handout
- July 23 meeting presentation
- June 18 meeting flyer
- June 18 Austin Street / Sullivan Square presentation
- June 18 meeting handout
- March 23 meeting flyer
- March 23 meeting handout
- March 23 (Part 1: Interim improvements and project principles)
- March 23 (Part 2: Option A and B)
- March 23 (Part 3: Option B continued and summary)
- November 13 meeting agenda and alternatives handout
- November 13 (Part 1: History)
- November 13 (Part 2: Transportation)
- November 13 (Part 3: Environment)
- November 13 (Part 4: Alternatives)
- November 13 meeting notes
- July 24 meeting agenda
- July 24 press release
- July 24 meeting handout
- July 24 meeting presentation
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