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...Science Complex is a promise that was broken to us,” said State Representative Michael J. Moran, whose constituency includes Allston, Brighton, and Brookline...
...situation was brought to a crescendo in February when Harvard announced that it would be slowing construction of its Allston Science Complex, which has been slated as the first step towards realizing the University’s 50-year development framework. The slowdown left an especially bitter aftertaste in the mouths of local residents and some City officials, who say they sanctioned an accelerated approval timeline for the project only because the University had insisted that the complex was vital to furthering life-saving stem cell research...
...Where I think everyone has really come together lately is to say the Science Complex really can’t be stopped,” said Aaron MacDonald, an Allston-Brighton resident for 11 years...
...Residents have struggled for many years to inject their interests and concerns into a development process that does not require community approval for the University’s plans. Allston development projects need only be approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority—a powerful city agency beholden to the Mayor and tasked with overseeing the entire City of Boston’s planning and development projects—in order for them to be implemented...
...successfully negotiate a cooperation agreement with Harvard last spring requiring the University to provide $25 million worth of benefits to the neighborhood while proceeding with the construction of the Science Complex. The agreement is one of the instances where the BRA has drawn praise from Allston residents for skillfully balancing community concerns with institutional interests, but it has not been enough to allay questions about the group’s ability to be responsive to community needs...