Word: underpasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They will urge the passage of three bills that would either postpone construction or repeal the original legislation authorizing the Metropolitan District Commission to build the underpasses. The underpass foes will plead their case in Room $36 of the State House at a hearing begining...
During last fall's gubernatorial campaign, Volpe suggested that the MDC re-examine plans for the underpasses with an eye towards preserving "the now famous sycamore trees." He said that the access routes to the Boylston St. underpass might be eliminated to save the trees. It is conceivable, therefore, that Whitmore might undertake a new study of the underpasses before approving final plans...
Meanwhile over the weekend, two more statements supporting the anti-underpass bills were issued by the Citizens Emergency Committee to Save Memorial Drive--one from "historians" and the other from "city planners and traffic experts...
...planners statement, written by Alan McClennen '33, Cambridge Planning Director, said that a study by "the Cambridge Board and traffic director has shown that a $100,000 electronic signal system would accomplish substantially the same ends as the proposed $7 million expenditure for underpass construction...
...bills should come before the legislature in the next session, which opens today. A number of anti-underpass bills were defeated in last year's session...