Bedford Awarded $62K Grant For Pedestrian Roadway Improvements

BEDFORD, MA — Bedford was awarded a $62,666 grant for roadway improvements from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Shared Streets & Spaces program. The grant was announced on Friday — Bedford is one of 17 municipalities to receive funding this round.

The grant will support new and improved pedestrian signals near the Narrow Gauge Rail Trail and on a school route, with connections to the library, Town Hall, and the VA hospital. Money will also be used to add delineators to mark off bicycle and pedestrian lanes and provide cones and temporary paint to three neighborhoods to help residents mark out shared travel space. The town also plans to install parklets on Bedford Common and in other locations.

The Shared Streets & Spaces program was launched on June 10 and provides technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts cities and towns conceive, design, and implement tactical changes to curbs, streets, on-street parking spaces and off-street parking lots in support of public health, safe mobility, and renewed commerce.

The Baker-Polito Administration launched the Shared Streets & Spaces program to support quick-build projects that can bring meaningful benefits to cities and towns.