Tewksbury Receives Major Infrastructure Grant To Construct Sidewalks

Press release from the Town of Tewksbury:

April 6, 2021

(Tewksbury, MA, April 6, 2021) – The Town of Tewksbury received a $220,000 infrastructure grant to construct sidewalks along Route 38 between Colonial Drive and Victor Drive with construction slated for late summer of this year. This grant was awarded as part of the state’s Housing Choice Initiative, which designated Tewksbury a choice community in 2020.

Launched by Governor Charlie Baker in 2017, the Housing Choice Initiative was initiated to increase housing production by empowering municipalities to lead on local development. The program includes technical assistance, a community designation with access to capital grant programs, and legislation making targeted zoning reforms, the latter signed into law in January 2021. The initiative was introduced with the goal to support the production of 135,000 new housing units by 2025.

The project was selected for submittal by the Town’s Engineering Division and the Community Development Department to extend the sidewalks on Main Street beyond the current 1.5 mile Mass DOT project on Route 38, from Old Boston Road to Colonial Drive. The $5.7 million resurfacing and sidewalk project is scheduled to be advertised in September 2021, with construction to beginning in Spring 2022.

This infrastructure grant through the Housing Choice Initiative is part of the Town’s ongoing efforts to increase sidewalks. For more information, please contact Assistant Town Manager, Steve Sadwick, ssadwick@tewksbury-ma.gov

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