City Breaks Ground on New Stretch of Community Path

Somerville broke ground Monday on the first new section of Community Path to be constructed in 18 years.

The pedestrian and bike path, which begins in Davis Square and connects to the Minuteman Bikeway in Cambridge, will be extended about one quarter of a mile from its current end point at Cedar Street to Lowell Street. Work should be complete at the end of this fall, according to Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who spoke at Monday's ceremony.

This new stretch of path runs past Maxwell's Green, a new residential community in the heart of Somerville.

Eventually, city officials and Community Path advocates want to extend the path all the way to Boston. It's a project that, in a perfect world, would be constructed in conjunction with the Green Line Extension, they said.

"Those projects need to be designed in tandem," State Rep. Denise Provost said Monday.

Curtatone said the future of the path's extension requires the "passionate advocacy of the entire community."

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New Section of Community Path Breaks Ground Monday