Clippership Connector
The Clippership Connector starts at Riverbend Park and travels along the Mystic River to Medford Square. Photo: Adam Bolonsky.
The Clippership Connector breaks ground in Medford - Nov 2, 2023
The Clippership Connector, a proposed half-mile waterfront path, will connect more than 10 miles of contiguous greenways and provide a safe and scenic route between Medford Square, Andrew/McGlynn Schools and Riverbend Park. The path will allow people to walk, run, bike, and push strollers along a section of the river that, to date, has been blocked from public access.
Thanks to a Partnership Grant from the DCR, the project has been designed and permitted. Construction on the project broke ground on November 2nd, 2023. Sign up for our enewsletter to learn about upcoming milestones as this project advances.
PLANS and Presentations
To learn more about the proposed path and design progress since 2017, please see the presentations below:
Public Meeting 1: June 2017 [existing conditions and concept design]
Public Meeting 2: June 2019 [75% design]
Public Meeting 3: October 2020 [final design]
Rendering and plan for the Clippership Connector.
PARTNERS
This project is a partnership between the Mystic River Watershed Association, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), City of Medford, Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation, the Medford Bicycle Advisory Commission, WalkMedford and Wegmans. Additional funding is from People for Bikes, Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation and the Llewellyn Foundation.
