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as congested as Massachusetts <br />Avenue. He <br />recog- <br />nized the cost of making land <br />takings for <br />such a <br />limited access road but stated that this type <br />of <br />road would be better from the <br />Town's point <br />of view - <br />and that it might be possible <br />to convince <br />the towns- <br />people of the value of this kind of road. <br />Mr. Irwin arrived at 9:55 P•M• <br />Mr. Greeley felt that since the location of <br />the Hayden Centre had been set, that the Worthen <br />Road project was a problgm. He,asked if it were <br />too late to relate the problems to each other and <br />if it must be assumed that Worthen Road had to be <br />located through the Centre Playground. He was not <br />convinced that Worthen Road was necessary. <br />It was pointed out that in a 1947 agreement <br />the Town was obliged to provide a road from the Ryder <br />land to Waltham Street, that there was a necessity <br />of the,Town providing for the future by reserving a <br />strip of land crossing the Hayden property and that <br />Worthen Road could be so located through the Play- <br />ground Land to take care of both matters. The <br />Chairman stated that the lack of such a road would ' <br />create a local condition about which something must <br />be done, that what had been recommended had been <br />the opinion of a group of laymen who, with some <br />help, had looked into the matter rather seriously. <br />He added that Planning Board surveys to evaluate <br />the project would take too long, that because of <br />the pressure of time it was necessary to obtain <br />consulting services to make the necessary studies <br />and asked if either Mr. Greeley or Mr. Kelly could <br />suggest three or four potential sources. of such <br />help. <br />Mr. Greeley said that he would rather see the <br />Board obtain necessary funds to hire someone to <br />work with Mr. Snow than to hire an engineering firm, <br />pointing out that such a firm might do too much of <br />the studies on its own rather than with Mr. Snow. <br />Mr. Kelly took somewhat the same view stating that <br />a general planning firm would be better than an en- <br />gineering one. Mr. Greeley added that he would not <br />know the names of several consultants who would be <br />eager for this kind of contract. <br />It was determined that the Board would need some <br />origin -destination counts and Town -wide plans. Mr. <br />Greeley thought that the traffic should not be <br />treated solely as a highway but rather as a Planning ' <br />Department problem relating future school sites, <br />