Public Improvement Commission Hearing
The Public Improvement Commission hearing will be held on March 12 at 10 a.m.
This Thursday's Public Improvement Commission hearing is scheduled for its regular time, 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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Agenda
Hearing Minutes
- At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing which was held on February 26, 2026.
Public Hearing
- On a petition by the City of Boston Transportation Department and the City of Boston Public Works Department for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in Boston Proper, consisting of curb realignment, roadway and sidewalk reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, street lighting infrastructure, stormdrain infrastructure, and bike racks:
- Albany Street – generally at Wareham Street;
- Wareham Street – northwest of Albany Street.
- (NB 2/26/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repair Plan, Albany Street and Wareham Street, South End," 2 sheets dated February 12, 2026.
- On a petition by Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc. for the acceptance of a Pedestrian Easement adjacent to Ruggles Street (public way), Roxbury, located on its southwesterly side at the side of 550 Huntington Avenue, southeast of Louis Prang Street/Huntington Avenue.
- (NB 2/26/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Pedestrian Easement Plan, Ruggles Street, 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Public Way, Roxbury," 1 sheet dated January 14, 2026.
- On a petition by Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc. for the making of Specific Repairs within Ruggles Street (public way), Roxbury, located generally at the side of 550 Huntington Avenue, southeast of Louis Prang Street/Huntington Avenue, consisting of curb and sidewalk reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, street lighting infrastructure, driveway curb cuts, and crosswalk striping.
- (NB 2/26/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, Ruggles Street, 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Public Way, Roxbury," 1 sheet dated December 10, 2025.
New Business
- 120 Braintree Street, Blaine Street; Brighton – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by 120 Braintree LLC
- Ruggles Street, Columbus Avenue, Forsyth Street; Roxbury – Widening/Relocations, Vertical Discontinuance, Specific Repairs, Projection License – On a set of joint petitions by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Northeastern University, and the Boston Housing Authority
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Boston City Hall1 City Hall Room 801Boston, MA 02201 -
Contact:Todd M. Liming
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Neighborhoods:Citywide
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Posted:03/10/2026 - 8:49AM
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Resources:
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