HomeMy WebLinkAbout1944-06-26PLANNING BOARD MEETING
June 26, 1944 '
Bedford Airport Road
Mr. Elmer Houdlette, representing the state, showed the
Planning Board a proposed location of a new state road to connect
the Bedford Airport with Route 128. He left the plan with the
Board and this is now in the files marked "received from Mr.
Houdlette June 26, 1944."
The state plans to start construction this year from
Marrett Road to the intersection of Wood Street and Jankowski
Road in Bedford.
In addition to the above the state has plans for a second
road to parallel the first so as to permit movement north on the
first road and'wouth on the second. The second would be built when and
if conditions warrant.
The Planning Board expressed their general approval of the
layout except in regard to the plans under rich traffic between
Concord and Lexington on Massachusetts Avenue would enter the
new road, follow<it a few hundred yards and leave it again. '
The new road would be a high speed limited access highway
and as a result of the state's layout the slow moving local
traffic would be temporarily mingled with the high speed through
traffic. Specifically the.Planning Board recommended to Mr.
Houdlette that the plan be modified to separate Massachusetts
Avenue and the 11hited way so that it would not be necessary for
local traffic to mingle with that on the limited way except as
such traffic desired to do so. This would involve underpasses
for Massachusetts Avenue but would obviate a wide separation of
the parallel new roads as planned near the intersection.
Mr. Houdlette apparently considered the Planning Board's
recommendation a reasonable one.
County Road
The county is projecting a new road to cross the Lincoln -
Bedford line and run in a northerly direction to the airport. This
will involve certain problems of intersection to be considered
later.
Fire Station
Mr. Ferguson was appointed to represent the Planning Board '
at a meeting of the Selectmen and Fire Engineers on June 30.
Street Sims
It was decided to meet early Wednesday evening, July 12,
to view street signs with the intention of making a report to
the Selectmen. The members are to communicate with each other
relative to means of transportation.
At 9 P.M. the Board is to meet with Mr. William Paxton
to consider his views on various matters.
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