Boston's Central Artery: A Victim Of Planning?

An editorial calls for more participation in planning Boston's Central Artery, or it is doomed to become the victim of planners.

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May 8, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"It would be a civic tragedy of monumental proportions if planning and decision-making for the afterlife of the construction of the depressed Central Artery is not driven by the wishes of the potential users of the new surface. Unless our neighborhood leaders wake up and vigorously enter the public conversation and the processes shaping decisions, their constituents are doomed to become victims of the actions of ''well-intentioned'' planners and political officials."

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