HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-02-21PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
Lexington, Mass,
February 21, 1928.
Present; Messrs. Emery, Duffy, Glynn, Cosgrove and Milne.
The McIntosh Plan for development of the Davis
property on Bedford Street was reviewed, the engineer
having prepared a topographic plan of this tract. The
McIntosh plan called for streets through the area per-
pendicular to Bedford Street and 210 feet apart. The
thought was expressed that frequency of intersections
was undesirable and that it might be advisable to
continue the general arrangement of streets as in the
Lexington Manor area so that the main -ways would be
parallel with Bedford Street. A tentative sketch plan
was drawn so that this matter might be discussed.
Mr. McIntosh and his engineer then appeared
and Mr. McIntosh presented his reasons for opposing
this scheme for streets parallel with Bedford Street.
These reasons appear to be largely connected with the
ready salability of the lots. After discussion, it
was pointed out that no well-defined plan had been
prepared to show how the street system in the new area
would be matched up with that in the Lexington Manor
development, and it was accordingly voted to give the
engineer an opportunity to prepare two plans for the
street development of the entire area,- one based
principally upon the original suggestion submitted by
Mr. McIntosh.
After discussion of the street proposed by
Mr. Kirkbright parallel with Kendall Road off Middle
Street, the Board voted in favor of the approval of such
a plan if Mr. Kirkbright could secure the land and the
agreement of owners of adjacent land through which the
street would be projected.
The meeting adjourned until February 28th.
W. D. Milne,
Chairman.
M -P.