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BOARD OF The Chairman read the Board of Appeals notices ' APPEALS for hearings to be held on March 13, 1956 and re -read said Board's notices for hearing to be held on Feb- ruary 28, 1956. It was decided to take no action in regard to the petitions. Mr. Stevens arrived at 8:45 P.M. At this time the Board discussed with him the following Form A applications. #56-17, submitted on February 27, 1956 by Frank H. Ready for Helen A. Mc Caffrey; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", Scale 1" = 401, dated February 17, 1956, Miller and Nylander, C. E,1s & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. #56-18, submitted on February 27, 1956 by Harold E. Stevens, for the Town of Lexington; plan entitled "Plan of Crosb; Road and Adjoining Lots Lexingtonp Mass." Scale. 1 = 401 dated January 6, 1955 and revised February 20, 1956,. William M. Burns, Town Engineer. After this discussion it was moved, seconded and unanimously , VOTED: that the plans accompanying applications #56-17 and #56-18 be signed bearing the endorsement "Lexington Planning.Board approval not required under subdivision control law". Mr. Burnham Kelly arrived at 9:15 at which time Mr. Stevens left the meeting. The Chairman gave Mr. Kelly a brief explanation WORTHEN ROAD of why the Board had requested, his and Mr. Greeleyte AND MAJOR presence at its meeting. It was stated that the. Board STREET PLAN was very much concerned with the Worthen Road project, that the road had been planned to have access onto Pleasant Street adjacent to Route 2 but that the State planned to make Route 2 a limited access highway ex- tending Pleasant Street over Route 2 by means of an overpass and had taken a strip of the Carrig land along Pleasant Street and Route 2 so that Worthen Road no longer had an access onto the highway. It was also stated that Worthen Road took on an added importance with the Hayden Recreation Centre being located ad- jacent to the road. The Centre was reported to be planning a parking area for 600 cars and to break ' ground for the building sometime during the summer.