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Like the nearby parcel Harvard already owns, the potential of the new land is severely limited by its tenants, the CSX rail yards and the turnpike itself...
...spokesperson Robert Sullivan would not comment on the company’s future plans for its rail yards in Allston, but emphasized the importance of the site for its freight services...
...general we’re uncomfortable with [the auctioning of the land],” said Bruce Houghton, president of Houghton Chemicals, which has a factory adjacent to the rail property. “We utilize the services of the railroad extensively...
...this is not who owns it, but really what happens to that rail yard, and how does that affect the pricing of all goods, affect the competitiveness in industry,” Houghton said. “If there were no rail available it would substantially increase our costs, which I suppose we would pass onto our customers. If that happened to all the freight coming in, the cost of living in New England would increase to some extent...
Berkeley said he worries that removing CSX’s lines would mean an influx of unwanted freight traffic on Allston’s roads and on the nearby Turnpike, some of which would carry hazardous materials formerly transported by rail...