Eight businesses are kicking in $50,000 each for the city to create a transportation plan for a portion of downtown Boston.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority said the city would hire a consultant to help analyze current and future transportation patterns and options around North Station and Massachusetts General Hospital in a process set to wrap up about a year from now. The plan will estimate the impact of 7.7 million square feet in new construction scheduled to take place in the area over the next 15 years and propose ways for the city’s transportation system absorb the change, the BRA said.
“Downtown Boston is experiencing unprecedented growth, and we must do everything in our power to make sure growth doesn’t come at the expense of gridlock,” Brian Golden, the BRA director, said in a statement.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Equity Residential, AvalonBay Communities, Related Beal, Boston Properties, HYM Investment Group, Trinity Financial, and Delaware North, which owns TD Garden, are funding the study.
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