Word: belt
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...protest march against the Inner Belt highway fizzled Saturday...
Only about 60 people made the march down Brookline St.--a road which would be wiped out by one proposed route for the Belt...
Given the lack of both imagination and initiative that the Council has shown in the past, the prospects are slim that it will be able to launch a sustained drive. But given the huge costs of the Inner Belt to Cambridge, the Council ought to try--for only by changing the rules of the game can the City possibly...
Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 has raised some strong arguments against the Inner Belt. The original idea of the Inner Belt Route was conceived in the 1948 Highway Master Plan, but since that time a number of other roads not contemplated in the report--in particular, the extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike into Boston--have been built. If tolls on the turnpike were reduced, Crane argues, more cars and trucks would use it, reducing the usefulness of an Inner Belt. The crucial question is: how much is the Inner Belt a compelling necessity, and how much is it a mere...
Crane is correct when he asks for a new study of the need for the Belt. But a DPW that has been panting for years to build this highway is not about to cap its long frustration with another lengthy and risky study. The only way that Cambridge is going to get its report is by a massive show of political power that draws upon every element in this community as well as Boston, and the surrounding suburbs. The only way that such a demonstration can be achieved is by a united City Council that can induce the different factions...