Word: salvucci
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dukakis has permitted himself to muse aloud about the White House, aides say, there was a puckish glee as he toyed with the ironies of being Governor of all the people. At a recent gubernatorial staff meeting, Dukakis joked that he imagined himself in the Oval Office telling Fred Salvucci, his current transportation secretary, that the ambitious plans to use federal funds to rebuild Boston's central artery would have to be scaled back because "Los Angeles needs the money...
...Salvucci's plan would also turn part of Route 2 into an eight-lane highway. Cyr called this "putting high-speed lanes back into the city, something that runs contrary to Boston's rule of thumb." He said Boston follows a general policy of keeping highways on its periphery...
...Salvucci aide Michael Meyer said federal law forced the Transportation Department to consult a group like ATAC in order to receive federal approval for its project. But, said Meyer, "the Advisory Committee is really just one voice in many...
...months ago, when ATAC offered the state a choice of proposals to reduce the highway's impact on neighborhoods, Mieth said Salvucci rejected the committee's first choice of the half-dozen proposals...
Another issue surrounding Salvucci's project is the likelihood that it would cover acres of park and open space. Meyer said, "Secretary Salvucci's major concern has been environmental impact." But the plan would destroy much of the Jerry's Pond area in Cambridge, scrapping open space which the city required the W.R. Grace development to provide several years ago, and leaving out a landscaping plan that ATAC included in its proposals...