FORT MYERS, Fla. - The process to rename Yawkey Way outside Fenway Park is still in the works.

"We're still in conversations with the city so no new update right now but probably in the next couple weeks we'll have some news," Red Sox president Sam Kennedy told MassLive.com on Monday.

Kennedy said the process, which began in August, has taken so long because of the number of stakeholders involved from those involved with the Red Sox to other business owners on Yawkey Way to city officials.

While he didn't have a specific timeline, Kennedy did say he expects movement on the name change to happen closer to Opening Day than the All-Star break.

"There's a lot of property owners and publicly elected officials who have to endorse the petition (to change the name) as well and then you submit it (to the city)," Kennedy explained.

Once the team and nearby business owners come to an agreement, they will file a formal petition to the Public Improvement Commission in Boston's City Hall.

At that point, there will be a hearing to approve the proposal.

In August, team owner John Henry told the Boston Herald the club wanted to rename Yawkey Way because of former team owner Thomas Yawkey's racist history.

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