Public Improvement Commission Hearing
The Public Improvement Commission will hold a hearing on April 23 at 10 a.m.
Project teams and Commission members will be participating in this hearing primarily from remote locations. Hearing participants will be digitally connected in real time courtesy of the City’s Department of Innovation & Technology. Members of the public who wish to participate in the hearing are strongly encouraged to do so remotely; the hearing will be televised and may also be streamed live online via Boston TV. Those members of the public who are unable or choose not to participate remotely should report to City Hall room 801 at the time of the hearing. Written testimony for all agenda items will be accepted via email; written testimony should be directed to PIC@boston.gov.
All project team members who intend to join their project's presentation, as well as any City staff representatives or members of the public who wish to participate remotely, should complete the registration form available online by Wednesday afternoon.
Discussion Topics
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Hearing Minutes
HM 1. At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing which was held on April 9, 2026.
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Public Hearing
PH 1. On a joint petition by 25 Amory Apartments LLC and 250 Centre Street Housing LLC for the Widening & Relocation of the existing right-of-way lines of Amory Street (public way), Roxbury, as well as for the acceptance of a Highway Easement, located on its westerly side at address no. 25, generally between Centre Street and Brewery Lane/Amory Street Connector.
(NB 4/9/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening and Relocation Plan, Amory Street, 25 Amory Street, Roxbury,” 1 sheet dated January, 2025.
PH 2. On a joint petition by 25 Amory Apartments LLC and 250 Centre Street Housing LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within Amory Street (public way), Roxbury, located generally at address no. 25, between Centre Street and Brewery Lane/Amory Street Connector.
(NB 4/9/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plans, Amory Street, Boston,” 4 sheets dated March, 2026.
PH 3. On a joint petition by 25 Amory Apartments LLC, 250 Centre Street Housing LLC, and NSTAR Electric Co. (d/b/a Eversource Energy) for a Grant of Location within Amory Street (public way), Roxbury, located on its westerly side generally between Centre Street and Brewery Lane/Amory Street Connector.
(NB 4/9/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Grant of Location Plan, Amory Street, Eversource Equipment, Boston,” 1 sheet dated March, 2026.
PH 4. On a petition by 279 Maverick Street Realty LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within Maverick Street (public way), East Boston, located at address no. 279, generally southeast of Geneva Street.
(NB 4/9/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plans, 279 Maverick Street, Boston,” 3 sheets dated November 4, 2025 (Revised March 31, 2026).
PH 5. On a joint petition by Northeastern University and Suffolk Construction Company Inc. for the granting of an Earth Retention License for the installation of two temporary crane pads and earth support systems within Saint Botolph Street (public way), Roxbury, located on its southeasterly side at address no. 262, generally between Gainsborough Street and Public Alley no. 823.
(NB 4/9/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Temporary Hoist & Tower Crane Foundation and Support of Excavation, 262 Saint Botolph Street, Boston,” 1 sheet dated March 3, 2026.
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City Roadway Acceptance
CRA 1. On a petition by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the Acceptance as City Roadways the following public ways in South Boston:
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West Service Road – from the South Boston Haul Road to its northeasterly terminus at Boston Wharf Road;
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Boston Wharf Road – from Congress Street to its southwesterly terminus at West Service Road;
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Congress Street – between West Service Road and B Street.
As shown on a set of plans entitled “Public Roadway Acceptance Plan, West Service Road, Boston Wharf Road, Congress Street, Boston (Seaport),” 9 sheets dated June, 2025.
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New Business
NB 1. 1 Joslin Place, 415-435 & 440 Brookline Avenue, Pilgrim Road; Roxbury – Earth Retention License, Private Utility Licenses – On a set of joint petitions by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc.