Green light for Hyde Park Ave. face lift Menino announces $9 million upgrade of three-mile boulevard

From: The Boston Globe | Date: November 23, 1997| Author: Suzanne C. Ryan, Globe Staff | Copyright information

Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday announced a $9 million state grant to reconstruct Hyde Park Avenue, a busy multilane boulevard that runs through Forest Hills and Hyde Park.

The funding, which comes from the state's Transportation Improvement Program, will allow the 3-mile street to be repaved in 1998. Also, new benches, street lights, sidewalks, and trees will be installed.

Hyde Park Avenue is the third in a series of four street makeovers the mayor has planned as part of his Bo...