A MATTAPAN EYESORE

By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent

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The city will demolish the structure and once it is down the DOT will begin its work constructing a new bridge on the vacant parcel. Once the replacement bridge has been completed, the DOT will demolish the current overpass and slide in the new one.

Once the building is down, the Department of Transportation will begin its work constructing a new bridge on the vacant parcel. When the replacement bridge is completed, the department will demolish the current overpass and slide in the new one.

A MATTAPAN EYESORE

The blighted structure that stands at 872 Morton St., next to the Morton Street MBTA Station, will soon be a thing of the past. Currently the site, along with the deteriorating building, is home to trash, liquor bottles, and other refuse; a constant headache for the neighborhood of Mattapan.

The blighted structure at 872 Morton St. will soon be a thing of the past.

The site, along with the deteriorating building, is currently home to trash, liquor bottles, and other refuse and remains a constant headache for the neighborhood of Mattapan.

The city is preparing to demolish the building, a former police station closed in 1981, to allow the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to use the site for the Morton Street bridge replacement project.

Once the building is down the state will begin work on the bridge, which is part of the Accelerated Bridge Program. It was estimated in 2012 that the replacement could be completed by the summer of 2014.

The bridge is part of the Accelerated Bridge Program.

It was estimated in 2012 that the replacement could be completed by the summer of 2014.

When all work has been finished on the site, the city will be looking at the future of the 16,238-square-foot lot and what the community would like to see there.

When all work has been finished on the site, the city will begin planning the future of the 16,238-square-foot lot and poll members of the community about their ideas for the property.

“The parcel will revert to Department of Neighborhood Development management and begin the community process to explore new scenarios and potential development ideas,” said Joe Mulligan, deputy director of capital construction for the city.

The site is located next to the Morton Street MBTA Station, which is serviced by the Fairmount Commuter Line. It is also located across from a massive vacant parcel owned by Economy Plumbing.