b'SYDNEY - BOSTON - FUKUOKA 2018 - 2019City of Boston Imagine Boston 2030, prepared by the City of Boston in 2017 is the first metropolitan strategic plan for Boston in fifty years. It identifies Imagine Boston 2030 three types of places for growth and enhancement: enhancing existing neighbourhoods; encouraging a mixed-used core; and expanding neighbourhoods. Beacon Yards,falls under the remit of expanding neighbourhoods, which entails significant new mixed-use housing and job growth in transit-accessible areas at the edges of neighbourhoods that help reduce housing price pressure, expand access to opportunity and stitch together the physical fabric of the city.Beacon Yards position at the crossroads of Harvard University and Boston University, along with its access to health and innovation clusters in the Longwood Medical Area and Kendall Square, creates potential for the area to become a centre for research and innovation.Structure plan of Imagine Boston 2030 Population & job growth projectionsStructure plan & development strategies of Beacon YardsToday, the Massachusetts Turnpike viaduct and Allston / Brighton Interchange occupy a large amount of land and act as a barrier between surrounding neighbourhoods and institutions. The Allston I-90 Interchange Improvement Project will realign and redesign the viaduct and the interchange, unlocking the potential for the creation of a new mixed-use office and residential neighbourhood.100Future dense development through the use of the air-rights above the redesigned transport network is also a possibility. Significant investment in infrastructure, including an open-space network that provides connectivity to the Charles River, the proposed development of West Station, coordinated and sustainable stormwater management, and stronger transit connections to surrounding neighbourhoods will be critical to supporting residential growth and creating a mixed-use research and innovation hub and Structure plan of Imagine Boston serve nearby neighbourhoods such as Allston and Brighton. 2030Master of Urban Development & Design 2018-2019Boston 8pt.indd 7 26/11/2019 5:05:14 PM'