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...bill proposes limited access to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. "If you spent money to preserve the land and didn't restrict access, the money would be wasted," Gifford said...
...proposed legislation divides the islands into three categories. No new construction would be allowed on "forever wild" areas such as dunes, marshes and scenic uplands. An Island Trust Committee, for which Gifford is a spokesman, would oversee the selling of such land, once the present owners no longer want to retain it, Gifford said...
Buildings on "town-planned lands" would be subject to greater local zoning control and zoning requirements would be raised on "scenic preservation land" allowed for public sale, Gifford added...
Escalation of land prices and ecological abuse resulting from overcrowding motivated the bill, and effective supply control will cut down prices and make the area a better place to live, Gifford said...
...Gifford's speech was the second in a series of Shady Hill School lectures...