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<li><span><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Has any municipality in Massachusetts been successful in persuading MassDOT to re-classify a state highway running through their town or city as a municipal
road? This would be for the purpose of introducing traffic calming measures, crosswalks, wide sidewalks, bike lanes, and landscaping, or turning a state highway into a boulevard.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p><br>
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<span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Alternatively, has any municipality acquired continuous strips of private parcels abutting a state highway or major municipal road to implement the same measures as
above when the current ROW is not wide enough?</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p><br>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Best,<br>
</span></o:p><span style="font-family: Candara, Optima, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Christine</span></p>
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<div style="font-size:13px"><font face="Corbel">Christine Cousineau</font>, AICP</div>
<div style="font-size:13px"><font face="Corbel">Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning<br>
Tufts University<br>
97 Talbot Ave, Room 301</font></div>
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