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...epic saga of Harvard’s attempt to acquire more land in Allston continues. Resisting pressure applied by local politicians, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority recently decided to go ahead with an $80 million sale of 91 acres of Allston land to the University. A CSX railyard lies on part of this property, a vital link in Boston’s freight and commuter rail transportation network. This link should not be severed, but at the same time, selling the land to Harvard will endanger the railroad...
Harvard poses no threat to the Allston railyard in the foreseeable future. Harvard has publicly pledged not to disrupt the operations of this vital piece of infrastructure, and it couldn’t, even if it wanted to. CSX, a major freight railroad company, holds permanent easements to the land, guaranteeing their right to use the railyard no matter who owns the property it sits on. And even if CSX were to sell or forfeit its easement, Harvard, by state law, could still not touch the railyard without the approval of the transportation secretary. As long as that railyard...
Speakers told members of the Metropolitan Highway System Advisory Board—which advises the MTA on land sales—that the loss of the CSX railyard, the only rail connection near Boston’s port, would cause a spike in truck traffic on the Boston area’s already-crowded highways...
...Boston could lose freight traffic to other nearby ports that have ship-to-rail connections, said Shaun Keefe, who is Vice President of Romar Transportation Systems, Inc. in Allston, a trucking company which transports cargo to and from CSX rails...
After the meeting, a University spokesperson reiterated Harvard’s previous position that the University currently has no plans to develop the land and displace CSX...