Bridge or tunnel: which goes first?

The Beacon Hill Times;  April 18, 2006 ;     405 words ......Bridge is crumbling. So is the eastbound Storrow Drive tunnel between the Clarendon and Arlington...It would disrupt traffic too much. Storrow Drive carries 103,000 cars per day through...measured in 1997 at 49,500 vehicles a day. Storrow Drive is needed to relieve the traffic ...

A new Storrow Drive

The Boston Globe;  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ...STORROW DRIVE is the focus of controversy about how...Many of us who have been considering Storrow Drive reconstruction options for the past...approach to the design and function of Storrow Drive is required, and that a bypass road...

Tackle Storrow Drive next

The Beacon Hill Times;  November 25, 2003 ;     466 words ......construction? Here's a suggestion: Storrow Drive. This road, which many people say should...most of Boston off from Boston Harbor, Storrow Drive cuts Boston off from the Charles River...the narrow, winding lanes. Upkeep on Storrow Drive has been poor. It looks as if the roadway...

Rethinking Storrow Drive

The Boston Globe;  September 17, 2007 ;     442 words ......all but endorsed a plan to rebuild Storrow Drive that would probably force a temporary...three options to rebuild the decrepit Storrow Drive tunnel: close the tunnel; do all the...talks of the importance of maintaining Storrow Drive as a potential evacuation route out...

Storrow Drive motorists surveyed

The Beacon Hill Times;  May 2, 2006 ;     379 words ...THE FUTURE OF STORROW DRIVE is in the hands of the motorists...the entrance and exit ramps on Storrow Drive last Thursday sought to probe their...preparing to renovate the 55-year-old Storrow Drive Tunnel, which carries eastbound...

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT

The Boston Globe;  January 8, 2006 ;     181 words ...PLANNING TO reconstruct the Storrow Drive tunnel will present opportunities to...should be reconstructed as is. When Storrow Drive was built, many viewed it as an illicit...but the 100,000 vehicles that use Storrow Drive on a typical day certainly don't enhance...

Backups and more local traffic expected with two Storrow options

The Beacon Hill Times;  April 17, 2007 ;     444 words ......OPTIONS EXIST FOR replacing the crumbling Storrow Drive Tunnel between Arlington and Clarendon...Two of the options back up traffic on Storrow Drive to intolerable levels. At the same...There are lower volumes of traffic [on Storrow Drive], but major bottlenecks," said ...

Menino pushes Storrow Drive proposal.(Business)

The Boston Herald;  March 8, 2008 ;     446 words ......called for replacing a key stretch of Storrow Drive with a ribbon of green space that would...River. The rough concept could put Storrow Drive traffic in both directions underground...planning process surrounding the future of Storrow Drive's leaky tunnel. Faulting a discussion...

Make Storrow part of the cycle

The Boston Globe;  October 8, 2006 ;     196 words ......bicyclists were able to enjoy a car-free Storrow Drive. The event was part of the Hub on Wheels...wonderful "first" and the owner of Storrow Drive, the Department of Conservation and...not allow uninterrupted exercise as Storrow Drive would. Closing Storrow Drive on ...

Neighbors urge state to revisit Mass Pike ramps

The Beacon Hill Times;  January 30, 2007 ;     614 words ...Laffer elected chair of Storrow Drive advisory committee STORROW DRIVE'S NEIGHBORHOOD advisors expected to discuss traffic...mostly confirmed what they already knew - that Storrow Drive is heavily used. This is all in preparation for...

New vision over Storrow Drive

The Boston Globe;  March 19, 2008 ;     471 words ......from the Charles River Esplanade over Storrow Drive toward the western corner of the Public...gentler, and greener passage over Storrow Drive. The details are gauzy. But designed...long-term options for fixing the crumbling Storrow Drive Tunnel, which funnels eastbound traffic...

DRIVERS HELP STEER ROAD WORK

The Boston Globe;  April 28, 2006 ;     476 words ......section about a survey of drivers on the Storrow Drive Tunnel project incorrectly described...detours would be when the crumbling Storrow Drive Tunnel gets rebuilt. Drivers coming...four options to fix or replace the Storrow Drive Tunnel, which could require at least...

Plan to ease Storrow load would add 2 Pike ramps - Earlier options to fix...

The Boston Globe;  May 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the Back Bay to relieve traffic on Storrow Drive as the panel struggles to come up with...renovating the badly deteroriating Storrow Drive tunnel between Clarendon and Arlington...announced the need to overhaul the Storrow Drive tunnel last year, the project has been...

Storrow advisory committee asks for more time

The Beacon Hill Times;  July 24, 2007 ;     217 words ...The Storrow Drive advisory committee is not ready to...Is best for fixing die crumbling Storrow Drive tunnel between Clarendon and Berkeley...A, the reconstruction that leaves Storrow Drive and its tunnels in its current configuration...

Recreation plan gets red light ; This time, construction keeps Storrow...

The Boston Globe;  June 21, 2008 ;     359 words ......joggers hoping to enjoy a car-free Storrow Drive on Sunday mornings will have to wait...traffic caused by the repair of the Storrow Drive tunnel prompted the decision. "We just...said Sullivan, whose agency oversees Storrow Drive. The state has been repairing the 55-year...