Several Jamaica Plain neighborhood associations will be taking up a discussion of proposed parking restrictions on neighborhood streets on Boston Legacy game days at White Stadium.
The city of Boston and the Boston Legacy are partnering to renovate White Stadium as the future home of the women’s professional soccer team, as well as to increase use for Boston Public Schools athletics.
The Legacy are expected to move into the stadium for its 2028 season.
The Egleston Square Neighborhood Association is asking residents to provide feedback on proposed game day parking restrictions through a city survey by Saturday, Oct. 24. The survey is available through a Google form that can be accessed through the Boston.gov website by searching for White Stadium Game-Day Transportation Planning.
Survey questions include if residents want their streets to have residential parking restrictions on game days. Restrictions would mean that only residents and their guests can park on the street during that time. Parking permits include one permit per vehicle registered at an address within the restricted area, and two guest passes per residential unit within the restricted area.
In addition, the survey asks if residents want parking within Franklin Park to have parking restrictions on game days. Restrictions would limit parking within Franklin Park to people using the Park for non-Legacy game day activities (zoo, golf course, and general park use).
Restrictions would apply only on Legacy Soccer game days, and be in effect for about 2 hours before the start of the game until about one hour after the game (about 5 hours in all). There will be 16 games during the regular season with up to four additional games if the team makes playoffs, starting in March and ending in October. No more than two weekend games can be played in any given four weekends. Most of the games will be in the evenings with restrictions to begin at about 5-6 pm.
The area designated for parking restrictions is in the map on the White Stadium transportation page on Boston.gov. If a resident’s street is not in the area and they feel it should be, they can fill out the survey anyway and share their opinion – there is a place on the survey for comments.
Neighborhood associations are asked to give their recommendations. In addition to the survey, residents are welcome to attend either the upcoming Parkside or ESNA meetings to discuss. Parkside and ESNA have agreed to help collect and reflect neighborhood feedback in their recommendations to the City. All residents of the designated area are welcome to attend either meeting.
The Parkside Neighborhood Association meeting is an in-person meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Ula Cafe. For more information on that meeting, contact Walt Pollard at walt.pollard@gmail.com
The Egleston Square Neighborhood Association on Monday, Nov. 2. Residents can find the Zoom meeting link on the ESNA website, or can email Carolyn Royce for more information at carolynroyc@gmail.com.