"Petruccelli said his support for a Suffolk Downs casino would come with conditions …one being a commitment from Suffolk Downs to finance a overhaul of the Route 1A corridor from the Sumner/Callahan Tunnels to Copeland Circle in Revere."
“A local casino would have a major traffic impact…because casinos are among the heaviest traffic generators compared to other possible uses (of Suffolk Downs),” wrote Vitagliano in his study. “Casinos generate constant high traffic volumes from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.”
The total cost of the improvements would have a price tag of $420 million according to Vitagliano.
Senator Petrucelli has a memory problem, sad for a man of his youth! He probably doesn't even remember that 'charitable contribution' one of the owners of Suffolk Downs gave him to escape public scrutiny and campaign contribution limits!
...Poor man! I hope his constituents are kind to him and will allow him to retire next election, especially after leaving the + $500 MILLION price tag to Massachusetts taxpayers!
What the heck! Big Dig anyone?
...Poor man! I hope his constituents are kind to him and will allow him to retire next election, especially after leaving the + $500 MILLION price tag to Massachusetts taxpayers!
What the heck! Big Dig anyone?
Suffolk Downs proposes to remake Route 1A outside the entrance of new gambling resort
06/08/2012
Suffolk Downs proposes to remake Route 1A outside the track’s main entrance by building a northbound “flyover” to carry traffic over the troubled Boardman Street intersection, as well as adding lanes, lights and making other improvements around the track in an effort to address long-standing congestion problems.
Traffic is one of the top concerns raised over a proposal to expand the 77-year-old thoroughbred horse track into a casino resort, by adding hotel rooms, restaurants and amenities and 200,000 square feet of Las Vegas-style casino games.
The track has promised to commit $40 million to improve roads and intersections around the site. The $30 million to $35 million Route 1A project is the centerpiece of Suffolk Downs’s traffic plan. Other improvements would be the subject of negotiations with local communities.
Suffolk Downs expects that its $1 billion resort, when complete, would generate between 10,000 and 15,000 car trips a day. Route 1A, which often backs up at the morning and evening rush, carries about 60,000 cars a day past the main entrance to Suffolk Downs, according to R. David Black, senior project manager at Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., of Boston, the track’s traffic consultant.
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/06/08/suffolk-downs-proposes-remake-route-outside-the-entrance-new-gambling-resort/pW683IkAIYN1o4iU5CG7TI/story.html?comments=all#readerComm
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