![]() ![]() “The underpass is an investment in safety,” said MassDOT Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, who noted that in the past month there have been two fatalities in eastern Massachusetts from people walking along railroad tracks. As they marked the occasion, cyclists rode through the underpass, taking advantage of the convenience and ease of getting from one side of the rail trail to the other without having to pick up their bikes, walk across the railroad tracks and go through a hole in a fence as was previously the case. Local government officials, Massachusetts Department of Transportation staff and community members gathered on Thursday to officially celebrate the completion of the $4.4 million project that connects a section of the Mass Central/Norwottuck Rail Trail between King Street and Woodmont Road. NORTHAMPTON - Since November, community members have used the new railroad underpass off King Street to cross the tracks that divide the city’s rail trail network. Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, second from left, prepares to ride through the new bicycle/pedestrian underpass beneath the rail line between Woodmont and King Streets in Northampton on Thursday, June 7, 2018. ![]() ![]() Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack and Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz, seen at right, complete a ride through the bicycle/pedestrian underpass after a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new tunnel in Northampton on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack rides an electric bike from city of Northampton's ValleyBike Share program through the bicycle/pedestrian underpass that links Woodmont Street, seen behind her, and King Street in Northampton on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Staff and students from Montessori School of Northampton return to campus after attending a ceremonial opening of the rail trail underpass beneath the railroad between Woodmont Road and King Street in Northampton on Thursday. Traffic continues through the bicycle/pedestrian underpass beneath the rail line between Woodmont and King Streets in Northampton on Thursday, June 7, 2018, as officials complete a ceremonial opening of the $4.4 million tunnel. Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz rides an electric bike from city's ValleyBike Share program through the bicycle/pedestrian underpass that links Woodmont Street, seen behind him, and King Street in Northampton on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, at podium, speaks to about 50 people during a ceremonial opening of the bicycle/pedestrian underpass beneath the rail line between Woodmont and King Streets in Northampton on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Cyclists ride under the railroad tracks and the newly opened bike path off Woodward Ave. ![]()
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