Editing Norwell, Massachusetts (section)

==Transportation==
[[Massachusetts Route 3]] passes through Norwell twice, across the southern portion of the town and another short portion near the west of the town. There are no exits in the town off this freeway, but there are exits, 13 and 14, between the two portions and just north of the second portion. Both exits access routes that immediately enter the town. The major route through the town is [[Massachusetts Route 123|Route 123]], which passes from east to west through the town, just before its end at [[Massachusetts Route 3A|Route 3A]] in Scituate. Routes [[Massachusetts Route 53|53]] and [[Massachusetts Route 228|228]] also pass through the town, with 228 ending just over the town line in Rockland at its intersection with Route 3.

Norwell has no rail or air service. The nearest rail service is the Greenbush line of the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]]'s commuter rail in Scituate, one mile from the Norwell town line. The nearest regional airport is [[Marshfield Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)|Marshfield Municipal Airport]]; the nearest national and international service is at [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston.

Norwell began construction of "pathways" in 2015. These mixed-use pedestrian and cycling paths are designed to connect the high school, middle school, and the town center. They are intended, according to the former town planner,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20121025/NEWS/310259249 | title=First section of town pathway completed |website=Wickedlocal.com}}</ref> to allow residents and students to travel without walking on the side of Norwell's busiest roads. "Pathway" planning in Norwell has not been without controversy between town boards and residents.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20151210/news/151219127 | title=Commission seeks apology from selectmen|website=Enterprisenews.com }}</ref> After a successful ten-taxpayer lawsuit<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.communitypreservation.org/home/news/court-decision-issued-cpa-sidewalk-lawsuit | title=Court Decision Issued in CPA Sidewalk Lawsuit |website=Communitypreservation.org}}</ref> that prohibited the use of Community Preservation funds from building what one town official called, instead of a sidewalk, a "pathwalk," along Norwell's busiest road (Route 123) only 600' parallel north of the pathway, voters approved the necessary appropriations to build part of it.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2016/05/13/norwell-voters-reject-sidewalk-project/ZCJo81sLgCgaaeJyYgKwlM/story.html | title=Norwell voters reject sidewalk project| website=[[The Boston Globe]] }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191102210748/https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20160107/norwell-wont-appeal-court-ruling-on-sidewalk-project-lawsuit] </ref> The pathway stretches from South Street to the town center near the state police barracks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20150506/NEWS/150507882/?Start=1|title=Norwell town meeting OKs 'pathwalks'|website=The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA|access-date=March 16, 2016}}</ref> Norwell residents can now walk along the forested pathway or the less frequented, traditional sidewalk along Main Street. Main Street remains the only road in town for which taxpayers have provided funding for both a pathway on one side and a sidewalk on the other.