On March 19, 2012 the City of Lowell’s submitted the complete Downtown Lowell Transportation Evolution Program application for TIGER Discretionary Funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation.  The following materials are included with that application.

DLTEP Application (Final Full Version)

Letters of Support & Project Partners: (click here for PDF of all support letters)

• Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts 5^th Congressional District
• U.S. Department of the Interior – Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
• Lowell National Historical Park – Michael Creasy, Superintendent
• University of Massachusetts Lowell – Martin T. Meehan, Chancellor
• Lowell Plan, Inc. – James Cook, Executive Director
• Trinity Financial – James Keefe, President
• Northern Middlesex Council of Governments – Beverly Woods, Executive Director

Project Plans:

• Overall DLTEP Project Map
• Hamilton Canal District Site Master Plan

• Component A – Street Car System Expansion
• Trolley Route Map

• Component B – Downtown Modernization (Bikes, Pedestrians & Intersections)
• Upper Pawtucket Canal Walk design plans
• Bridge Street Node design plans
• Point Park schematic design plans
• Downtown schematic design plan (from Jeff Speck Plan)

• Component C – Lord Overpass Area Reconstruction
• Lord Overpass & Jackson Street Extension design plans

Environmental Permits and Approvals:

• NEPA Categorical Exclusion Checklist – DLTEP Components B and C
• NEPA Environmental Assessment Update Letter from Volpe – DLTEP Component A
• Canal Walkway Local, State and Federal Permits and approvals
• Hamilton Canal District MEPA FEIR Certificate of Approval

Other Supporting Documentation:

• Benefit Cost Analysis
• Paul S. Sarbanes Grant Award Information
• Downtown Evolution Plan – Jeff Speck – Link to report
• Hamilton Canal District Traffic Data – Link to report
• Hamilton Canal District Master Plan – Link to report
• MassDOT Top Crash Locations Report (2008)
• NMCOG Traffic Count Data 2008-2010 – Link to report
• NMCOG Regional Transportation Plan 2012-2035 – Link to report
• Trolley Study
• Volpe Draft Environmental Assessment Trolley Expansion Project

Primary Contact:
Adam Baacke, Assistant City Manager/Director
Department of Planning and Development
Phone: 978-674-4252