BostonUrbEx wrote:Dick H wrote:There was (is?) a proposal to build a new MBTA station out near the entrance
to Devens between Ayer and Shirley and close both the current Ayer and Shirley
stations. There was opposition in Ayer. Not sure about Shirley's stance. This
could be some political games, as previously mentioned.
Makes sense. Take away the station from two places where the most people are within walking distance and plop somewhere that you are forced to drive to, instead. Behold, "progress"!
The EGE wrote:Ayer's problem is that it gets a lot of drive-in traffic from as far away as Clinton, but there's no station parking. While keeping downtown Shirley and Ayer stations is essential, the T or town would do well to grab some of that abandoned industrial land off Faulkner for parking.
GP40MC1118 wrote:Hearing that the MBTA/PAR has a permanent easement here and the situation may be
resolved by week's end...just in time for the weekend service outage!
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Dick H wrote:TV4 reports that the property owner opened the fence this afternoon
and that the owner and MBTA have up to 30 days to resolve the
situation. He declined an interview with TV4.
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