Access Ramp Proposed for Harvey Trucks
Yesterday businesses and community leaders met with consultants to discuss ways the interchanges between the Mass. Pike and route 495 could be improved, one of the suggestions was a special access ramp for trucks traveling to and from E.L. Harvey.
At a meeting with members of the 495/MetroWest partnership, local businesses including EMC met with regional officials to talk about what can be done to increase traffic flow through the route 495 / Massachusetts Turnpike interchange. According to the Worcester Business Journal several ideas were tossed around including a special access ramp for E.L. Harvey trucks or a dedicated lane for passenger busses and tractor-trailers. "The team, led by Boston-based consultants from AECOM and the Collaborative, projects traffic volume on Interstate 495 to increase by as much as 20 percent over the next 23 years and for the section of that highway south of the Massachusetts Turnpike to reach capacity," the article said. E.L. Harvey trucks have been…
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Mark
5:12 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Well there u have it... the Harveys will continue to expand the eyesore and "brand" those of us who live here on the Westborough border... why not? we already have the Pike in back yard, what's a few more thousand idling Harvey garbage and toxic waste trucks waiting to transfer their loot... The machine (local gov't) that was support our lifelstyle and protect our families has already failed once… more ›