Somerville officially has a hammock district at the newly opened Junction Park!

Tonight, starting at 4PM, crews will be milling Somerville Ave from Park Street to Lowell Street in preparation for the final paving next week of the new street layout. www.somervillema.gov/news/somervi...

More construction progress on our new cycle track and floating bus stop on Somerville Ave and Central Street. 🚲🚌 www.somervillema.gov/intersection...

Our friends at Urban Forestry have updated their Fall 2025 tree planting map, take a look to see which species of tree will be planted near you. 🌳🌲https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1adKbXwO1kUgfik9pLb--xhsB4p951U4&femb=1&ll=42.398503694255716%2C-71.11016911735665&z=12

On a rainy day like today, it’s so nice to see our green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) in action around the Spring Hill project. 🌧️☔️💧

It’s Wednesday and you know what that means! Showing the three new painted speed humps on Bonair Street which we hope will slow motorists as they drive near the Winter Hill/Edgerly School.

It’s Wednesday and you know what that means, celebrating new speed humps on Franklin St and Bonair St that were installed this week.

Thanks for the photo Josh!

It’s been a long time coming, our contractor has installed precast concrete curbs along the bike lane on Curtis Street. More coming to Washington Street soon! 🚲

More progress this week on the Tufts Street streetscape reconstruction project.

Davis Square, April 2025 vs October 2025. We extended the bike lane from Highland Ave to Holland Street, as well as making it easier for buses to make the left turn on to Elm Street. @mbta.com 🚍🚲

The intersection of Central Street and Summer Street, October 2020 vs October 2025. 🚲

Thank you to all of our volunteers helping out with traffic counts this season! 🚲🚗🚶🚶‍♀️

Streetscape construction continues on Tufts Street between Cross Street and Glen Street.

A beautiful day to use the new cycle track on Summer Street! 🚲

Flower “in bloom” like Nirvana in our Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) at Summer and Quincy Street. 🌻

It’s so nice when we build new parks right along our cycle tracks. Have you visited Ken Kelly Park yet at the corner of Rossmore and Somerville Ave? 🌳🚲

Ward-based City Hall Community Meetings are back this fall. Hear from Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and City staff to find out what’s happening in your neighborhood, how to get involved, & ask questions about issues that are important to you. 🧵

Holland Street at Cameron Ave May 2022 vs July 2025, much safer street use for all.

What a difference a year makes, new raised intersection at Oak and Houghton Street, August 2024 vs July 2025.

So nice to see the flowers in bloom on the Somerville Ave Cycle Track. 🌻🚲

Holland Street got a glow up this year, new sidewalks, street repaved, a raised intersection at Irving/Holland and new street paint, including a dedicated bike/bus lane. 🚌🚲🚗

I’ve always loved this “house on top of a store-type building” and now it has a beautiful green stormwater bio-basin right next to it. Another perk of the Spring Hill Sewer & Streetscape project voice.somervillema.gov/springhillse...

October 2024 vs July 2025. We built a raised squared off intersection at Quincy/Summer/Prescott Street, created a new bioretention basin, and new small park area.

These new bumped out sidewalks on School Street around the large existing trees are such an improvement for all users. 🌳

The @cityofsomerville.bsky.social's Spring Hill sewer replacement project provides a great example of how "green infrastructure" can improve safety *and* reduce water pollution *and* do it all while looking fabulous: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/30/e...

Tufts Street reconstruction has started, learn more about the Neighborways led mural created by local artists that will complement the new safe street design. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tO...

Now that Holland Street has been fully paved time to update the street paint.

Like the Wu-Tang Clan, Somerville Engineering is for the children. 🚲🚸

New raised crossing at Summer/Quincy/Prescott Street got painted last night.

Two days early for hump day, but crews are on Lower Summer Street today building new speed humps.

Happy Friday! Today crews are building a raised table at Summer/Quincy/Prescott Street to square up the new and improved intersection.

Newly paved Holland Street looking so pretty, street paint coming soon!

Crews are topping the Lower Summer Street Cycle Track today bringing it to final grade. 🚲

Rain is on the way- help prevent flooding on your street by clearing a storm drain! Performing light maintenance (clearing sticks, trash, etc) on drains can help prevent blockages, improve water draining, and minimize trash entering our waterways.

👋Good morning from Somerville’s newest tree-saving sidewalk bump-out :) Thank you DPW!

It's bike rack install season on Lower Summer Street. 🚲 A tell-tale sign that the Spring Hill Construction Project is wrapping up.

Big day on Holland Street as we mill in preparation for final paving next week.

And now your moment of Zen. The new irrigation system watering the bio-retention basin on Summer Street.

New bioretention basin on Cambria Street at Central Street, with two new trees planted behind it.👩‍🍳💋🌳🌱🌦️

The new freshly painted raised intersection at Oak and Houghton Street looks fantastic.

To misquote Doctor Emmett Brown, (Doc Brown, to his friends), "Roads where we are going, we need roads!" School Street from Highland Ave to Summer Street has been paved.

School is out for Summer, which makes it much easier to final pave School and Summer Street today.

Did you know that grass and lawn clippings in our waterways are a source of nutrient pollution? When the grass clippings decompose, they release Phosphorus into the water, causing fish kills and algae blooms that are toxic to humans and wildlife alike. Please dispose of grass clippings properly. 🍃

Tuesday! Tuesday! Tuesday! The long-awaited, FINAL paving of the last two remaining streets for the Spring Hill Project will be taking place! -Summer Street (Bow Street to School Street) -School Street (Highland Ave to Summer Street) voice.somervillema.gov/springhillse...

New raised intersection alert at Hanson and Skehan Street looking so fresh and so clean! Crosswalks coming soon.

🐶💩you hate stepping in it, and 🐟 hate swimming in it, too! We ask that you regularly scoop your dog's poop from public areas AND your backyard, before it washes into our waterways. Visit www.somervillema.gov/departments/... or www.mysticriver.org/stormwater for more info.

We heard your requests and we listened. New curb cuts to the Community Path on both sides of Thorndike Street/Kingston Street to provide better travel for all users. 🚲

Crosswalks and raised crossings got painted last night on Central Street and the six side streets. 🎹 Cycle tracks will be painted in the coming weeks.

Crews have begun to pave the cycle track on Summer Street from Vinal Ave to School Street. When completed this stretch will run down Summer Street from Vinal Ave to Spring Street. 🚲