Wakefield Broadway MBTA Crossing Update

Press release from the Town of Wakefield:

November 13, 2020

As you are likely aware, the MBTA crossing at Broadway did not open as anticipated. Although construction by the MBTA, National Grid, Wakefield DPW, and Wakefield Gas and Light was completed on October 23, approvals from the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) are required before the crossing can open to traffic. The inspection and approval process is taking longer than expected.

The FRA has suggested additional considerations at the crossing that the Town of Wakefield is investigating. The safety of all traveling through the area is priority, and your patience is appreciated as these conversations progress. While we do not have a definitive date on the street’s reopening, we will keep you apprised as decisions are made.

You can contact the Town of Wakefield Public Works' Engineering Division at 781-246-6308 for more information about the Broadway-MBTA crossing and closure. If you have questions relating to National Grid's Woburn to Wakefield Line Project construction on Salem Street near the I-95 ramps, between New Salem Street and Vernon Street, or the Salem Street-Lowell Street intersection, please contact them at 844-646-8427 or by email at info@ma-nhsolution.com.

This press release was produced by the Town of Wakefield. The views expressed here are the author’s own.