. Alewife Reservation & Alewife Brook master plan. Wetlands; Wetland conservation. disturbance of the public open space. Mitiga- tion measures included revegetation of the Alewife Brook corridor with native tree and shrub species, which were planted in the fall of 2002. In addition, the hotel owner agreed to take over the maintenance of a defined section of the Alewife Brook corridor adjacent to the hotel and has committed to removing invasive species in this area. A7. Fitchburg Cutoff Bicycle Trail The Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) plans to upgrade the existing stone dust trail (
. Alewife Reservation & Alewife Brook master plan. Wetlands; Wetland conservation. disturbance of the public open space. Mitiga- tion measures included revegetation of the Alewife Brook corridor with native tree and shrub species, which were planted in the fall of 2002. In addition, the hotel owner agreed to take over the maintenance of a defined section of the Alewife Brook corridor adjacent to the hotel and has committed to removing invasive species in this area. A7. Fitchburg Cutoff Bicycle Trail The Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) plans to upgrade the existing stone dust trail (also known as the Fitchburg Cutoff Trail) at the southern border of the Reserva- tion. The improved trail will be a 12-foot-wide, two-way, multi-use asphalt path, including a ve- hicular bridge (for maintenance purposes) over Old Alewife Brook behind the Alewife subway station. This proposed path improvement proj- ect would strengthen a vital link in the regional path system and is also an important compo- nent of the Master Plan trail system. Construc- tion of the project has been on hold for several years, although funding is in place. According to 2002 survey information, the existing trail is located partially on MHD land and partially on MDC land. Thus coordination among the MHD, MDC, and City of Cambridge (which will use portions of the path for stormwater wetland maintenance) is recommended to bring this project to FIGURE 78. The existing, narrow stone dust path parallel to Boston-Maine Railroad tracks B. RECOMMENDATIONS BEYOND STUDY AREA The Alewife Reservation and Alewife Brook corridor comprise less than 4% of the total Alewife watershed, thus successful manage- ment of this site cannot occur in isolation from the surrounding cityscape. In particu- lar, plans to develop abutting properties (, the Belmont Uplands, the former skating-rink site, Acorn Office Park, Cambridgepark Drive, and the Mugar and Martignetti sites) and more distant, but still ecologi
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