Word: railyards
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...early this week, area politicians were threatening legal action on the sale. Newspapers around the country buzzed about the possibility of Harvard crippling the area’s economy by relocating the area’s major railyard from the land, or even moving the section of turnpike that runs through...
...sparked a flurry of angry letters from state and local officials—including Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and state transportation secretary Daniel Grabauskas—who worried that if the Turnpike sold the land to a private organization the city would lose the land’s railyard, a crucial transportation link...
...addition to preserving the MBTA’s current use of the land for its commuter rail lines, the deal will allow the MBTA to utilize the extensive railyard on the property as a future storage facility...
...facing tougher budgets in the recession. It would be folly to simply transfer money from one poor state agency to another. The MBTA should save its cash, let the Mass Pike take Harvard’s private funds, and rely on the safeguards already in effect to keep the railyard in place—thereby preserving commuter rail lines that are dependent on its operation...
...mind and is well placed to make a judgment on this land. Development across the river is vital to the future growth of the University and is currently welcomed by Allston residents who would be thrilled to see their neighborhood thrive. An unpleasant urban wasteland abuts this vital railyard, and Harvard development of the other 44 acres of this 91-acre parcel could clean up the neighborhood while preserving the railyard. Since Barrios also represents a good number of working class voters, he is aware of the hardships another MBTA fare hike would bring. And as a state senator, Barrios...