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Tremont Street Roadway Alterations

At a glance

  • What: Murphy has raised unauthorized roadway alterations and traffic safety at Tremont Street and Parker Street, and the City's response to them.
  • Where it stands: a hearing order (Docket No. 1797) was referred to the Planning, Development and Transportation Committee on September 23, 2026, and on September 30 the Council passed a Section 17F information request (No. 1854) on the alterations and the City's response. No hearing date appears in the minutes.
  • Related: the same councilor's broader pattern of information requests is tracked in Section 17F Information Requests.

Detail

  • September 23: Docket No. 1792, a communication from Murphy on roadway markings and safety concerns at Tremont and Parker Streets, was placed on file. Docket No. 1797, her order for a hearing, was referred to Planning, Development and Transportation; on her motion Rule 12 added Culpepper and Flynn as original co-sponsors (also listed: FitzGerald and Worrell).
  • September 30: Docket No. 1854, a Section 17F order requesting information on the roadway alterations and the City's response, passed on suspension of the rules, 11 yeas (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell) and 2 not present (Louijeune, Mejia).

Sources

Log

2026-09-30 - City Council

Docket No. 1854 (Section 17F information request) passed 11-0, with Louijeune and Mejia not present.

2026-09-23 - City Council

Communication No. 1792 placed on file; hearing order No. 1797 referred to Planning, Development and Transportation with Culpepper and Flynn added as co-sponsors. Video: Murphy cited a fatal July crash and unauthorized markings left in place; Culpepper asked what the city's planning process found for the crash cluster.