Watertown Awarded $280K Grant For Bluebike Station

WATERTOWN, MA — Watertown was one of 21 municipalities to receive a grant this funding round through MassDOT's Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program. Watertown received $280,318 to add a new Bluebike station at an access point to the Charles River Greenway and implement sidewalk and pedestrian safety improvements.

The grant will not only pay for the Bluebike station but also pay to install curb extensions, flashing pedestrian safety beacons, tighter turns, and ADA-compliant ramps at three consecutive intersections in the Bemis neighborhood.

The Shared Spaces program launched in November 2020 and provides technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts cities and towns conceive, design, and implement tactical changes to curbs, streets, and parking areas in support of public health, safe mobility, and renewed commerce, with a special focus on the particular challenges of winter.