Public Improvement Commission Hearing

Hearing Minutes

At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing which was held on October 22, 2026.

Utility Pole Hearing

On a petition by Eversource Energy for a Utility Pole Installation to relocate one private guy pole within Freeport Street, Dorchester, to be located on its southwesterly side at address no. 205, generally southeast of Beach Street.

Public Hearing

On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the Discontinuance of any and all rights to travel the public may have had within a segment of Deaconess Road (public way), Roxbury, located on its northeasterly side, southeast of Pilgrim Road.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Highway Discontinuance, 1 Joslin Place, Deaconess Road, Public Road, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated August 14, 2026.

On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the Discontinuance of any and all rights to travel the public may have had within a segment of Joslin Place (public way), Roxbury, located northwest of Brookline Avenue.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Highway Discontinuance, 1 Joslin Place, Joslin Place, Public Road, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated August 14, 2026.

On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the Widening, Relocation, & Extension of the existing right-of-way lines of Joslin Place (public way), Roxbury, as well as for the acceptance of a Highway Easement, located between Pilgrim Road and Deaconess Road/Brookline Avenue.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening, Relocation, and Extension Plan, 1 Joslin Place, Joslin Place, Public Road, Boston, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated August 14, 2026.

On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the Widening & Relocation of the existing right-of-way lines of Pilgrim Road (public way), Roxbury, as well as for the acceptance of a Highway Easement, located on its southeasterly side between Deaconess Road and Joslin Place.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening and Relocation, 1 Joslin Place, Pilgrim Road, Public Road, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated August 14, 2026.

On a set of joint petitions by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the acceptance of Pedestrian Easements adjacent to the following public ways in Roxbury:

• Brookline Avenue – on its northwesterly side at address nos. 415-435, generally between Deaconess Road and Longwood Avenue;
• Deaconess Road – on its southwesterly side at address no. 1, southeast of Pilgrim Road;
• Pilgrim Road – on both sides generally northeast of Joslin Place.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Pedestrian Easement, 1 Joslin Place, Brookline Avenue, Deaconess Road, Pilgrim Road, Public Road, Longwood Medical Area,” 3 sheets dated August 14, 2026.

On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in Roxbury:

• Joslin Place – at address no. 1, between Pilgrim Road and Deaconess Road/Brookline Avenue;
• Brookline Avenue – generally at address nos. 415-435, between Longwood Avenue and Francis Street;
• Deaconess Road – at address no. 1, between Pilgrim Road and Brookline Avenue;
• Pilgrim Road – generally between Deaconess Road and Longwood Avenue;
• Jimmy Fund Way – generally at Brookline Avenue.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Pedestrian Easement, 1 Joslin Place, Brookline Avenue, Joslin Place, Pilgrim Road, Deaconess Road, Public Road, Longwood Medical Area,” 9 sheets dated August 14, 2026.

On a petition by the Longwood Collective Inc. for the granting of a Private Utility License for the installation of new telecommunication infrastructure within Pilgrim Road (public way), Roxbury, located at the rear of 334 Riverway, generally northeast of Joslin Place.

(NB 10/22/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Utility License Plan, 1 Joslin Place, Pilgrim Road, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated August 14, 2026.

New Business

Walnut Avenue, Humboldt Avenue, Bower Street; Roxbury – Specific Repairs – On a petition by the City of Boston Public Works Department

135 Dudley Street, Washington Street; Roxbury – Widening & Relocation, Vertical Discontinuances, Specific Repairs, Projection License, Earth Retention License – On a set of joint petitions by Cruz Development Corp. and the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing