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5-5--18 <br />Route 128 <br />The tremendous industrial development that has taken <br />place along Route 128, and its attraction to motorists, <br />128 as now constructed has become inadequate to handle <br />the large volume of resent day traffic and the antici- <br />pated traffic for 190. For this reason studies are <br />now underway for a widening of this highway. The <br />extent of this widening* will not be known until the <br />studies are further along. Involved in the proposed <br />work of Route 128 would be the construction of an inter- <br />change designed to modern standards. This would require <br />that the present interchange be very much enlarged, <br />and would extend as much as 300 feet further into the <br />vacant land on the northeast quadrant. <br />I briefly describe these changes to you, so that you <br />might have an understanding of what the general plan of <br />the Department consists. This plan is the same as that <br />exhibited at the public hearing, held at 100 Nashua <br />Street, Boston on January 25, 1957. <br />Regarding the cost to the Department for property <br />damage taken in the area in question, between the cost <br />of the land as presently zoned and the cost after re- <br />zoning, Filene's has given written assurance to the <br />Department of Public Works that they do not wish to <br />profit from any increase in value of the land resulting <br />from re -zoning and will not request any damages for <br />takings for highway purposes in excess of the actual <br />costs of acquisition which were established prior to <br />re-zcn ing. <br />Written assurance, if only a letter or signed statement, <br />does not suffice for the Department. It would not be <br />binding in the sense that a certain number of dollars on <br />a certain uniform price would be established. <br />It is suggested that to properly* bind Filene's and have <br />the Department in a firm position that Filene's give the <br />Department an option to buy, or the right to settle for <br />a taking, at a certain specified rate. This should be a <br />legal document for a specified length of time and if <br />possible with a plan or rough estimate of the approxi- <br />mate amount of land to be involved attached. <br />Very truly yours, <br />Anthony N. DiNatale <br />Commissioner <br />1 <br />u <br />1 <br />