File #: 149-19    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/4/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/9/2019 Final action: 4/9/2019
Title: Be it resolved that the Malden City Council hereby endorses the Northern Strand Community Trail Project (EEA# 15999) (aka Bike to the Sea) that will extend the Trail from Everett and Malden through Revere, Saugus and Lynn including the intersection improvements and additions of trail amenities in Malden. As EEA representatives heard at meetings in Malden and other communities, we support further safety improvements at key intersections in Malden including Broadway and Bryant Street.
Sponsors: Stephen Winslow, Jadeane Sica, Barbara Murphy, David Camell

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Be it resolved that the Malden City Council hereby endorses the Northern Strand Community Trail Project (EEA# 15999) (aka Bike to the Sea) that will extend the Trail from Everett and Malden through Revere, Saugus and Lynn including the intersection improvements and additions of trail amenities in Malden. As EEA representatives heard at meetings in Malden and other communities, we support further safety improvements at key intersections in Malden including Broadway and Bryant Street.

 

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The Malden and Everett section of the trail currently are 10 - feet wide paved trails. We expect trail use to experience another leap when the Revere, Saugus and Lynn sections of the trail are built. We support actions necessary to allow the trail to be a consistent 10-foot wide paved trail through out its length, including the Rumney and Saugus River Marshes, and to have bridges built to accommodate potentially future widening of the trail.We also fully endorse the narrowing of the Lynnway northbound from Market Street to the Nahant Rotary. The Lynnway has been a barrier to allowing low-income residents in Lynn and its neighboring communities to reach the Lynn Shore on foot and by bike. The separated bicycle facilities along the Lynn Common, Market Street and the Lynnway will help ensure more equitable access to the spectacular resources our Commonwealth holds along the Lynn, Nahant and Swampscott shore line.

Adopted this 9th Day of April, 2019

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Jadeane Sica

President