Public Improvement Commission Hearing
There will be a Public Improvement Commission hearing on October 23 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 and Technology. Members of the public who wish to participate in the hearing are strongly encouraged to do so remotely; the hearing will continue to 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 continue to 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 October 9, 2025.
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Public Hearing Continued
PHC 1. On a petition by Lubavitch of Cambridge Inc. for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in Roxbury, consisting of curb, sidewalk, and pedestrian ramp reconstruction with structural soil, as well as new and relocated specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, street trees, and driveway curb cuts:
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Tremont Street – at address nos. 1615-1617, southeast of Wigglesworth Street;
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Wigglesworth Street – northeast of Tremont Street.
(NB 9/25/2025; PH 10/9/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, 1615-1617 Tremont Street, Wigglesworth Street, Public Way, Boston,” 4 sheets dated September, 2025.
PHC 2. On a petition by Lubavitch of Cambridge Inc. for the granting of an Earth Retention License for the installation of a temporary earth support system within the following public ways in Roxbury:
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Tremont Street – on its northeasterly side at address nos. 1615-1617, southeast of Wigglesworth Street;
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Wigglesworth Street – on its southeasterly side northeast of Tremont Street.
(NB 9/25/2025; PH 10/9/2025) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Temporary Earth Retention Plan, 1615-1617 Tremont Street, Boston,” 1 sheet dated October 8, 2025.
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Public Hearing
PH 1. On a petition by New Boston Fund (d/b/a Olmsted Village Master Developer LLC) for the Widening, Relocation, & Extension of the existing right-of-way lines of West Main Street (public way), West Roxbury, as well as for the acceptance of a Highway Easement, located from its current terminus at Warbler Way to a point southwesterly.
(NB 10/9/2025) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening, Relocation & Extension Plan, West Main Street, Public Way, West Roxbury,” 1 sheet dated October 8, 2025.
PH 2. On a petition by New Boston Fund (d/b/a Olmsted Village Master Developer LLC) for the Widening & Relocation of the existing right-of-way lines of Deering Road (public way), West Roxbury, as well as for the acceptance of a Highway Easement, located on its southwesterly side northwest of Harvard Street.
(NB 10/9/2025) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening and Relocation Plan, Deering Road, Public Way, West Roxbury,” 1 sheet dated October 8, 2025.
PH 3. On a petition by New Boston Fund (d/b/a Olmsted Village Master Developer LLC) for the Widening, Relocation, & Extension of the existing right-of-way lines of Warbler Way (private way open to public travel), West Roxbury, located from its current terminus northwest of Finch Street to a point southeast of West Main Street.
(NB 10/9/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening, Relocation and Extension Plan, Warbler Way, Private Way Open to Public Travel, West Roxbury,” 2 sheets dated October 8, 2025.
PH 4. On a petition by New Boston Fund (d/b/a Olmsted Village Master Developer LLC) for the acceptance of a Pedestrian Easement adjacent to Harvard Street (public way), West Roxbury, located on its northwesterly side generally southwest of Deering Road.
(NB 10/9/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Pedestrian Easement Plan, Harvard Street, Public Way, West Roxbury,” 1 sheet dated October 8, 2025.
PH 5. On a petition by New Boston Fund (d/b/a Olmsted Village Master Developer LLC) for the making of Specific Repairs within the following roadways in West Roxbury:
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West Main Street – generally between Finch Street and its southwesterly terminus southwest of Warbler Way;
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Deering Road – generally between Harvard Street and Egret Way;
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Harvard Street – on its northwesterly side generally southwest of Deering Road;
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Warbler Way (private way open to public travel) – generally between Finch Street and its southeasterly terminus southeast of West Main Street.
(NB 10/9/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, Olmsted Village, Mattapan,” 12 sheets dated September, 2025.
PH 6. On a petition by Allandale Farm Inc. for the making of Specific Repairs within Allandale Street (public way), West Roxbury, located generally at address no. 259, southeast of the Town of Brookline municipal boundary.
(NB 10/9/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repair Plan, Allandale Street, (Public Road), Jamaica Plain,” 2 sheets dated October 8, 2025.
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New Business
NB 1. 8 Old Road, 14-16 Ellington Street, Michigan Avenue; Dorchester – Pedestrian Easements, Specific Repairs, Projection License – On a set of petitions by Harvard Street Support Corp.
NB 2. Nubian Square, Malcolm X Boulevard, Dudley Street, Shawmut Avenue, Guild Row, Roxbury Street, Warren Street, Washington Street, Harrison Avenue, Kearsarge Avenue, Warren Place, Zeigler Street, Taber Street, Palmer Street, Marvin Street, Vernon Street; Roxbury – Widening & Relocations, Pedestrian Easements, Specific Repairs – On a set of joint petitions by the City of Boston Transportation Department, the City of Boston Public Works Department, the City of Boston Office of Housing, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (d/b/a the City of Boston Planning Department), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Zion Holiness Church Inc., Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Bank of America, and 10 MX Owner LLC
NB 3. 1690-1700 Hyde Park Avenue; Hyde Park – Widening & Relocation, Vertical Discontinuance, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by West Boylston Investments LLC
NB 4. 635 Hyde Park Avenue, Canterbury Street; West Roxbury – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by 635 Hyde Park Ave LLC
NB 5. 219 Heath Street, Lawn Street; Roxbury – Grant of Location – On a petition by Verizon New England Inc.
NB 6. 273 Highland Street; Roxbury – Grant of Location – On a petition by Verizon New England Inc.