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"It Is Not Going to Move Forward" — Opponents of At-Grade Forest Hills Solution Dig In
While the state and supporters of a surface-only traffic pattern for the new Forest Hills urge moving on, there remains a group opposed to the decision.
At a state hearing that authorities aimed to be the last chapter in the "bridge versus at-grade debate," critics made it clear they aren't going away. Thursday night more than 100 people attended a public meeting about what the state is now calling the "Casey Arborway Project." The decrepit Casey Overpass will be torn down and a six-lane system of surface roads will move traffic instead. At a meeting of the Working Advisory Group last week, the state was calling the project the "Casey Parkway." Patch has reached out to Department of Transportation to find out what the official name is. At Thursday night's public meeting at English High, state officials started off by laying out the timeline for the rest of the project. An attached photo …
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Michael Halle
11:24 am on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Hi Anne, I'm not sure I've heard what this single "common sense alternative" is or was. The last couple of times I've heard Jeff describe what he wants, he's said that MassDOT never investigated a plan with more surface lanes than the now-rejected bridge alternative (presumably two lanes in each direction with a left turn pocket). Previously, Jeff advocated for a bridge with multi-use paths in … more ›