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What Canton is Saying!

 
Canton is NOT against the Westwood Station project.
 
Instead, Canton is concerned about the size and scale of the development and its traffic impacts on local streets, and regional roadway systems.
 

 

1. We are dissatisfied with the current traffic plan and mitigation as proposed by Westwood Station; the Town of Canton is disproportionately burdened with the significant additional traffic.

 "...the real dilemna here is the incompletion of the I-93/I-95 interchange project. If the Westwood Station project were being contemplated at a time when the State was prepared to do the work at the interchange, we believe the egress to and from the project would be accomplished at the interchange."

--Canton Board of Selectmen letter to Executive Office of Transportation, July 10, 2007

 

Read more from the Selectmen's Letter

 

2. A regional traffic corridor study of Route 128 and I-95 should be conducted to include Legacy Place in Dedham and all upcoming regional development projects. Westwood Station should not move forward until the study is complete.

3. Depending upon the outcome of the study, the proposed development should be phased to match the infrastructure improvements of the I-93/I-95 interchange and the Route 128 "Add-a-lane".

4. A large, private development should not be permitted to overburden State highways that are already at or near capacity. As proposed, Westwood Station would utilize ALL additional capacity created through the proposed infrastructure improvements, eliminating all public benefit of these improvements.

5. This so-called “Smart Growth” development is too large for the site and fails to consider the long term costs to the region, offering no multi-community benefit as required in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sustainable Design Principals.
 
6. We know that a Dedham Street on-ramp is not a viable solution. Thus, we are working with consultants and engineers to develop alternative plans that will address the impacts of Westwood Station on local Canton streets, and on the regional roadways as well.

 


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