Public Improvement Commission Hearing
Public Improvement Commission Hearing will be held on October 8th at 10:00 AM
This Thursday's Public Improvement Commission hearing is scheduled for its regular time, 10:00 AM. 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 here by Wednesday afternoon: https://forms.gle/qmhKgt7BKxVSiFNy9
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 September 24, 2026.
Public Hearing
- On a petition by the City of Boston Public Facilities Department for the making of Specific Repairs within Commercial Street (public way), Boston Proper, located at address no. 471, generally northwest of Foster Street, consisting of curb, sidewalk, and cycletrack reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, fire alarm infrastructure, street trees, bike racks, mountable curb, and the removal of driveway curb cuts.
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(NB 9/24/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repair Plan, Improvements to North End Community Center, 471 Commercial Street, Boston,” 4 sheets dated August 5, 2026.
- On a petition by Eleonora Efstratoudakis for the making of Specific Repairs within Allandale Street (public way), West Roxbury, located on its southerly side at address no. 90, generally east of Elwell Road, consisting of curb and sidewalk reconstruction, as well as a relocated driveway curb cut.
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(NB 9/24/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repair Plan, 90 Allandale Street, Public Road, Jamaica Plain,” 1 sheet dated April 21, 2026 (Revised July 20, 2026).
New Business
- 8 Burney Street; Roxbury – Earth Retention License – On a petition by Dermot Doyne
- 80 Gardner Street; Brighton – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by SYNH LLC
- Alford Street, Dexter Street; Charlestown – Grant of Location – On a petition by Trimount ESS LLC
- 1 Joslin Place, 415-435 Brookline Avenue, 1 Deaconess Road, Pilgrim Road, Jimmy Fund Way; Roxbury – Highway Discontinuances, Widening/Relocations, Pedestrian Easements, Specific Repairs, Private Utility License – On a set of joint petitions by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc., and the Longwood Collective Inc.
- 19-21 West Third Street, Athens Street; South Boston – Pedestrian Easement, Vertical Discontinuances, Specific Repairs – On a set of joint petitions by The Cedarwood Group and the Boston Planning & Development Agency (d/b/a the City of Boston Planning Department)