Harvard Street Resurfacing Project In Front Of Union Will Take At Least Three Weeks More

Work on the new surfacing of Harvard Street in front of the Union extending halfway to the Boston line is well under way and promises to be completed before winter weather begins to hamper the construction work.

The road laying job is one of a series of Government financed projects which have been under way in Massachusetts for the past year and a half. The work is being paid for partly by state and city funds and partly by government aid. Almost one hundred men have been put to work by the project which is expected to last at least another three weeks.

The road laying was preceded by the tearing up of the old street in order to replace several gas, electric and water mains which have become outdated and unable to handle the Cambridge needs.

Work also has been under way on Quincy Street in front of the Union and the President's House. This so far has consisted only of trench work necessitated by the relaying of several mains. It is hoped that this will be followed by the resurfacing of the way also, but no definite plans have been revealed about the final surfacing.

The work on Harvard Street has caused no small inconvenience to Harvard Men who live on Prescott Street and vicinity as all those avenues which open into Harvard Street have been necessarily made dead end, one way roads, as exit into Harvard Street has been impossible. Traffic along Harvard Street into Boston has been rerouted via Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway, and motorists wishing to cross Harvard Street from Mass Avenue have been forced to go nearly to Central Square before a crossing may be made.

The road is on a foundation of reinforced concrete which is being hauled to the premises ready mixed and then spread in truck loads. After the concrete is poured it is believed that the final surfacing will be one of a tar macadam nature, similar to the other streets of Cambridge.

After completion of the new construction Harvard Street will be a straight right of way into the Longfellow Bridge and one of the most direct and easiest routes into Boston.