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While councillors have said they will consider the planning board’s opinion, they have said neighborhood opposition could outweigh the planners’ recommendation. In fact, a majority of councillors have said they intend to vote the tunnel down...
Planning board chair Larissa Brown argued that the tunnel improves the project, enabling only one of the buildings to have a loading dock, meaning decreased truck traffic in the neighborhood and fewer “permanent annoyances...
...since digging an underground passageway means Harvard will be cutting through city property, the tunnel requires an extra approval...
...board member Florrie Darwin argued that the tunnel allows more of the structures’ space to be below ground, so neighbors can look at shorter buildings...
...planning board’s lone dissenter, Kevin Benjamin, disagreed. Harvard does not need a tunnel in order to use basement space in its buildings, he said...