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• The widening and betterment of Allen Street, leading to ' the new school building, ,as considered and approved, as offering easier access to the building and as providing ground work for further development of property* in that section of the town. The relocation of the Griswold. property near the Bedford line has again come before the Board, and has again received con- siderable study. It still awaits further development in the estab- lishment of suitable grades to be satisfactory to the Board. The question of relocating and irrid.ening Lincoln Street occupied several meetings of the Planning Board, and was finally adversely recommended by the Planning Board as not justifying the large expense that would be involved. It is understood this pro- ject has now been indefinitely postponed. The wir?ening of Spring Street in connection with a pro- posed extension of the same street by the City of Waltham, is under consideration.at the present time. I..uch time has been occupied in consideration of the pro- posed ne`v street to extend from Lowell Street across the open coun- try to junction with Bedford Street near the Bedford line, being a substitute for the earlier proposal to straighten and extend East Street to the same outlet on Bedford Stveet. It is believed that the State will now adopt a suggestion originating with our Town Engineer, which will avoid the expensive work in East Street and provide a really better street at much less cost than was first considered. Another matter that has engaged the attention of the Planning Board at numerous meetings has been the proposed extension of Lake Street in Arlington over the hill and entering Lexington in the vicinity of Marsh Street or Borman Street, extending 2.