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When the state's plan for a mammoth 11-story highway interchange--the infamous "Scheme Z"--surfaced more than two years ago, Cambridge pundits and curmudgeons for once could agree. They hated...
Cambridge civic associations, private citizens and city government all had something to say about the high-profile project. The proposed I-90/Route I interchange over the Charles River, part of the state's $5 billion blueprint for a new central artery highway...
Councillor Edward N. Cyr at the time voiced the prevailing sentiment when he said that although the state's portion of the interstate highway system had become direly outmoded, Z was "just not a good long-term solution...
...plan, which Cambridge's bridge watchers strongly back, comes with a hefty $840 million price tag--almost twice the twice the price of Scheme Z. And when the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) agreed last month to fund 90 percent of the Central Artery project, it did not necessarily agree to foot a higher bill for an improved bridge...
Although the Highway Administration indicated its support for the work of the committee, the plans it approved included blueprints for the old Scheme Z. So no one is quite sure whether the government will agree to pay. If it doesn't, the state could get stuck with a bill it can't afford...