Sure, Rome wasn’t built in a day. But did it really have to take 40 years to build a half-mile long access route for commercial traffic headed to Logan Airport?
This week, the Massachusetts Port Authority celebrated the opening of the two-lane, $23.5 million Martin A. Coughlin Bypass Road. It’s named after a longtime East Boston activist who first pitched the bypass concept back in 1972, as a way to keep cabs, buses, and 18-wheelers off Eastie streets. Forty years later — and 12 years after his death — Coughlin’s idea finally turned into a stretch of real highway.
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23.5million for a haf mile road? Sing with me now...so always look for the union label....
Gee - the vast majority of people living there moved after the airport was in full operation - knowing that airports in large cities generally grow larger and more complex - not smaller with fewer flights. Is should come as no surprise to Eastie residents that a busy airport comes with traffic and noise from planes and road vehicles. Do they want Logan to operate only with gliders? I certainly understand about the truck traffic as I've experienced it for many years (about 150 flights a year) with the passenger traffic getting hugely better when the Ted opened.