News
Amid Boston Overdose Crisis, a Pair of Harvard Students Are Bringing Narcan to the Red Line
News
At First Cambridge City Council Election Forum, Candidates Clash Over Building Emissions
News
Harvard’s Updated Sustainability Plan Garners Optimistic Responses from Student Climate Activists
News
‘Sunroof’ Singer Nicky Youre Lights Up Harvard Yard at Crimson Jam
News
‘The Architect of the Whole Plan’: Harvard Law Graduate Ken Chesebro’s Path to Jan. 6
The University will send the Harvard Square traffic study recommending a major building program to relieve traffic congestion in the Square to Mayor Edward A. Crane '35, the Cambridge City Council, and various Square business organizations this week, L. Gard Wiggins, administrative vice-president, announced yesterday.
Wiggins hinted broadly that the University will support most of the report's proposals which include a pedestrian bridge between the Yard and Memorial Hall and extensive use of one-way streets in the Square area.
Specifics Not Considered
The University, the Harvard Trust Company, and the Harvard Cooperative Society sponsored the study conducted by the Boston, engineering firm of Bruce Cambell and Associates. Wiggins said the "inference is that the three organizations that financed the study support its recommendations." He cautioned, however, that the University had not actually evaluated all the specific recommendations.
In the 75-page report, the Boston firm suggests a three-phase system of improvements designed to avoid "major land-takings or disruptions to the economic, social, and educational life of the Square."
It specifically recommends closing off Kirkland St. north of Mem, Hall; making Massachusetts Ave., Mt. Auburn St. Boylston St., and Brattle and Eliot Sts. one way; extending Cambridge St at its western end; and putting through a new road between Garden St. and Memorial Drive.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.