Active Projects

This page identifies the current active projects for the City of Westfield through its Engineering Department. 

For more information on the projects listed below, please contact us at (413) 572-6219.


Southwick Road Multi-Modal Improvements, Mill Street-Crane Avenue Intersection Improvements

via Shared Streets and Spaces Program

This project includes new solar-powered Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) crosswalks, pedestrian curb ramps, new roadway line striping- including separated on-street bike lanes and 12-foot-wide travel lanes, and other associated safety improvements along Southwick Road, from Hundred Acres Road to Dug Road.

 

Bid Alternative 1 would include a realignment of the Mill Street-Crane Avenue intersection, as well as new RRFB crosswalks, sidewalks, pedestrian curb ramps, spot repairs to existing sidewalks, and associated landscaping enhancements along the Mill Street corridor.

 

Construction is anticipated in Spring-Summer 2026.


Franklin Street Corridor Improvements

This project includes significant crosswalk safety enhancements at the Maple Street-Summer Street intersection, as well as on-street bike lanes, approximately 11-foot-wide travel lanes, center turning lanes, and both mountable and raised median islands.

 

The project limits of the base bid are from the Elm Street intersection to the Washington Street intersection. Bid Alternative 1 would extend the project west to the Kellogg Street intersection. Bid Alternative 2 would further extend the project west to the Shepard Street intersection.

 

Construction is anticipated in Spring-Summer 2026.


Westfield Middle School Green Infrastructure Improvements

via MVP Action Grant Program

This project includes the reconstruction of the parking lot at the Westfield Middle School to improve pedestrian and vehicular circulation and safety, as well as implement nature-based stormwater management controls to improve water quality and quantity discharging to the municipal stormwater collection and disposal system.

 

Construction is anticipated in Summer 2026.


Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan

Learn more about Westfield’s effort to reduce – and eventually eliminate – roadway fatalities and serious injuries:

Westfield’s Safe Streets for All Plan


Flood Control Dam Rehabilitation Projects

Arm Brook and Powdermill Brook Flood Control Dams are both currently under rehabilitation designs. For a more detailed and comprehensive summation of these projects, please follow the link provided:

December 2022 Status Update


Pavement Management

Go to Pavement Management webpage for more information on Westfield's ongoing efforts to improve and preserve its roadway network.


Sidewalk Improvements

Go to Sidewalk Improvements webpage for more information on Westfield's ongoing efforts to improve and preserve its sidewalk network.


I/I Reduction Efforts

Westfield is continuously assessing, evaluating, and implementing reduction efforts of the infiltration and inflow to its sanitary sewer collection system.

 

For 2026, the City is looking to CCTV several aging collection mains in its downtown area in order to identify necessary improvements that will be planned for construction in upcoming budget cycles.


Columbia Greenway Rail Trail – North Extension to Southampton

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is working collaboratively with its design partners and the City of Westfield to finish one of the last gaps in the New Haven & Northampton Canal Greenway regional trail network- the longest interstate mixed-use trail in New England, connecting 16 cities and towns from New Haven, CT to Northampton, MA. This particular section of the trail network would extend the recently completed Westfield Columbia Greenway Rail Trail from the Westfield River north to the inactive rail tracks at North Road and eventually connect to Southampton.

 

This project is currently in the conceptual design phase. The timeframe for final design and construction will be determined at a later date.


I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) Interchange 41 Improvements

Over the past several decades, the City has been working to improve the safety, congestion, and flow of traffic throughout the downtown, namely along the Route 10-202 corridor. Recent projects such as Great River Bridge, Park Square Green, and the North Elm-Notre Dame Intersection Improvements have significantly helped alleviate such issues, with the Interchange 41 intersection being one of the last major hurdles in this effort. 

 

This project aims to resolve or greatly improve several issues that currently exist in the area: 1) the A.M. northbound traffic in Westfield merging eastbound onto I-90, 2) the P.M. westbound traffic getting off Interchange 41 on I-90, 3) the southbound traffic traveling through the intersection along Route 10-202, and 4) the conflict of the traffic signal at Arch Road and 10-202, located a short 400~ feet south of the major interchange intersection. 

 

A collaborative effort between MassDOT and the City is required to address these issues affecting both I-90 and Westfield's road network. A study with alternatives has been conducted, and the project is advancing into the design stage. A timeline for construction will be determined at a later date.


MassDOT Projects in Westfield:

  • Bridge Preservation - Various Locations/I-90 Corridor, ongoing
  • Intersection Improvements - Southampton Road (Route 10-202)/Servistar Industrial Way/Barnes Airport Drive, in Design (TIP Year 2027)
  • Resurfacing and Related Work - Route 10-202, in Design
  • Bicycle/Pedestrian Improvements - East Main Street (Route 20), in Design
  • Bridge Replacement – Little River Road over Great Brook, in Design
  • Roadway Reconstruction – Interchange 41 of I-90, in Design