Newsletter #47, April 15, 2025 – Alewife Study Group

The ASG Newsletter includes the following announcements:

Joint Meeting of Transportation Committees, Wed April 16, 5:30pm – at 344 Broadway and on Zoom
Pole & Conduit Commission hearing, Thur April 17, 9am on Zoom: Whittemore Utilities
Save the Date for the Floodplain Overlay Planning Board hearing for IQHQ Jerry’s Pond Project, Tue May 6, 6:30pm

Joint Meeting of Cambridge Transportation Committees, Wed April 16, 5:30pm – at 344 Broadway and on Zoom

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It’s ASG’s understanding that at this meeting, IQHQ will update the City’s transportation committees about parts of IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond improvements that are of interest to these committees. This likely includes pedestrian, bicycle, and multi-use paths. IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond plans were approved by the Conservation Commission in February 2024.

The Transportation Committees asked IQHQ to present updates to its Jerry’s Pond plans since IQHQ last met with these committees on November 11, 2023, which was before IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond plans were finalized and approved. If the Transportation Committees have a quorum, and choose to, they can send a letter with recommendations to the Planning Board, as part of the Planning Board’s review of IQHQ’s Floodplain Overlay Permit application.

The Floodplain Overlay Permit is one of a few environmental permits IQHQ needs to get, after Conservation Commission approval of the project, but before they can begin construction. IQHQ has said that they hope to begin construction of the Jerry’s Pond improvements in the summer or fall of this year. For more information on the Conservation Commission hearings on IQHQ’s Jerry’s Pond plans, see ASG Newsletters #31-36.

For more information on IQHQ’s Floodplain Overlay Permit process, see ASG Newsletter #38.

Pole & Conduit Commission hearing, Thur April 17, 9am on Zoom: Whittemore Utilities

Part of this meeting will be about upcoming utilities work on Whittemore Avenue, next to the IQHQ development, including burying some lines underground. Click here for more information. Click here to register to attend via Zoom.

Save the Date for the Floodplain Overlay Planning Board hearing for IQHQ Jerry’s Pond Project, Tue May 6, 6:30pm

ASG will communicate more information about this meeting as it becomes available from the City of Cambridge.

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