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drawn at a scale of 40 feet to an inch, and that it was planned to record them by January 1, 1958. He said that in view of what he had found out, he had discussed the matter with Mr. Grindle and at his sug- gestion had met with the Selectmen the previous even- ing, informing them of his conference and requesting a joint meeting this evening between the Selectmen and the Planning Board to discuss the matter further. Mr. Snow stated that he had asked about the possibility of the State Department of Public Works preparing plans to connect with proposed roads, such as Worthen Road and one the Planning Board is recom- mending along Sickle Brook through the southwesterly portion of the Peacock Farm development from Watertown Street to Massachusetts Avenue and beyond, circling the Great Meadows and extending through the northeast- erly section of town. He said that he was told bluntly that as far as the department was concerned these pro- posals were "pipe dreams," that it was the department's policy to connect only to existing roads, and that it would not consider proposals to connect to future town roads for which there had been no plans recorded and no appropriations made for construction within the imme- diate future. ' Mr. Snow also related his conversations in regard to State plans for Pleasant, Waltham and Spring Streets. He said that the department's revised plans call for ramps on the westerly side of Pleasant Street to give access to the Route 2 traffic going west and to east bound traffic on Route 2 access to Pleasant Street. Mr. Snow said that when he asked the reasons for adding ramps to the Pleasant St. overpass, Mr. Whitcomb replied that he thoup:ht the proposal was based on State origin -desti- nation studies. T -r. Snow also reported that revised plans for the Waltham Street intersection call for a four - petal cloverleaf arrangement instead of four straight diagonal ramps. In regard to the Spring Street intersection he said that a two -petal interchange still was proposed, one each in the northeasterly and southwesterly quadrants. Mr. Snow said he told Mr. Whitcomb that Lexington traffic counts showed that there were less than 1000 cars using the inter- section from 7 a.m. to 7 pAm: and that he could not see the justification for the proposed interchange unless a regional shopping center or some similar use were proposed for the adjacent properties. Mr. Snow said that Mr. Whitcomb told him that Lexington had requested the interchange but when asked who made the request Mr. Whitcomb had no correspond- ' ence to indicate who had done so. Er. Whitcomb was also reported as saying that the department would not force the