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6 North THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE JANUARY 19, 1992 Lynn MBTA station to open ByJohnLaidler SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE YNN The daily climb up the dreary steps to the city's old train station and the scramble for narkinc will Square train station, which did not have a parking facility. The project also involved repairs or rebuilding of six bridges. MBTA spokesman Peter Dimond said a small amount of construction work still remains to be completed, on the elevator and stairway facing Central Square. Until the work is done this spring, all access to the station will be through the garage i entrance. To encourage use of the facility, the is offering free parking through the end of March.

After that, full-day parking will cost $2, same fee charged at other MBTA facilities. Lynn campus. The opening of the new station and garage marks one of the final steps in a $140 million program of improvements conducted by the MBTA over the last decade on its Rockport and Ipswich commuter rail lines. The program has involved rebuilding of track, signal systems and bridges and the addition of close to 2,500 commuter parking spaces. The Lynn project, begun in June 1988, includes the five-tier garage, a new platform accessible by two elevators and an escalator; a new bus-berthing facility and 13,000 square feet of retail space.

It replaces the dilapidated Central become a thing of the past "commuters Tuesday when the opens its long-awaited new station. State and city officials are ex-'pected to attend ceremonies marking the completion of work on the 35ft. million train station and parking garage, located on and Broad streets across from Shore Community College's mi -y I --J I 1 'j- r' I I X- Dimond said the hopes the new facility will attract new riders, and Don't Move Out- MOVE and UP-A-LEVELS by starling NEW ENGLAND'S OLDEST AND LARGEST DORMER BUILDER SINCE 1958 jljlL SHED DORMER SECOND LEVELS SALT BOXES 100 FINANCING AVAILABLE CUSTOM STYLED WEATHER TIGHT IN ONE DAY 5 YEAR GUARANTEE jil ALL WORK BY OUR EXPERIENCED CREWS NO SUB-CONTRACTORS -We've built In your town. Call lot locations. STARLING STRUCTURES.

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Lynn officials are hoping the garage also offers benefits for the city, whose economy has been hard hit by the recession. Dimond said a number of spaces in the garage will be set aside for the city's use. "The garage is critical in terms of solving one of our biggest problems we don't have the parking we need," said Mayor Patrick J. McManus. "We're very enthused and extremely appreciative of the rp McManus said the garage will fit into the plans to revitalize the downtown that are being developed by a committee of city officials and business people.

Despite the fanfare related to the opening of the new station, one MBTA critic pointed out last week that with all its investments into the system, the was still running trains to Boston on a slower sched ule than nearly a century ago. Richard Patoski said in 1898, trains ran between Lynn and Boston in as little as 17 minutes, compared with 23 minutes for today. Patoski, a commuter, said he had been unable to get a satisfactory answer from the about why trains could not be run quicker. Dimond declined to add to earlier responses to Patoski's point. He had said earlier that the addition of new stations and speed restrictions imposed by the Department of Public Utilities were reasons why the Ts Eastern Branch lines ran slower than years ago.

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Robert Durand (D-Marlborough) and the other two new bills out of the House. Durand's bill is seen by advocates as the one most likely to prevail. It is essentially the same bill considered by legislators last year. The other two, which Cohen said are versions of early bills without any of the compromises worked out in the last session, are sponsored by Reps. Richard Moore (D-Uxbridge) and Angelo Scaccia (D-Hyde Park).

Durand's Senate Bill 905 would would be reduced, he said. At the same time, whether along the gently rolling farmland of the Ipswich River or the city streets of the Merrimack River, communities will have their say. The bill would allow the buffer to be reduced to as little as 25 feet in densely populated areas and would empower communities with the right to grant variances when they decide a buffer would impose an economic hardship. Existing development along rivers would be grandfathered. The bill was subject to considerable give and take last year to accommodate various competing interests, Cohen said.

Some of the main concessions included agreement to allow conservation commissions to establish a 150-foot zone along all rivers and streams in the state to buffer development. The zone, similar to the 250-foot zone that Maine has established on its rivers, would also help ensure an adequate and potable water supply for communities, safeguard rich shoreline habitat for a diverse array of wildlife, and ensure that enough undeveloped open space exists to absorb the surges of seasonal floods. The bill would not require spending of additional money or the creation of new programs and would not allow for greater public access on private land, Cohen said. Property values would be stabilized as rapid growth would be controlled, and insurance premiums to cover flooding Winter oimpies preview enforce protection measures, relaxed restrictions on agricultural activities including a smaller buffer, the right to expand existing buildings in the buffer by 25 percent instead 10 percent, and allowing new construction "consistent with the intent; of the act" in the buffer, such; ap sewage treatment plants, he said. Besides having the support; of more than fifty environmental groups, from the Massachusetts Auj-dubon Society and Environmental Lobby of Massachusetts to numerous local watershed associations, 'the bill has the support of the US Environmental Protection Agency, which has been working with state agencies to prevent pollution.

A chief concern is "non-point" pollution, which is caused by the runoff of contaminants. 'I With more than half of (he stretches of rivers in the state too polluted to meet state and federal water quality objectives, and with new developers waiting in the wings for economic recovery, advocates say the time is now for shoreline protect tion in Massachusetts. Ralph Goodno, the director of the! River Watershed Coun-, cil, said that with the success in the; Senate last year, and with the sup-' port from various real estate and; farming interests, "I don't think the; bill really hurts anybody any more." Goodno, whose group is among' the state's most prominent and most challenged in dealing with the Merri-', mack River, added: "I think this is good time to do it The development: pressure is not all that great now.f but it will come back, and that's what; we're really trying to deal with The pressure in the future will be? enormous, because shoreline lands, are just worth too much." Maeve Vallely, a committee staff- er, said that the odds this year for; Durand's bill to successfully make its' way through the legislative process" are far better than they were last! largely because the bill is theT same as the one passed by the Sen-; ate in the last session. Action-Packed Special Section Friday, February 7 in The Boston Globe's Sports Plus The Countdown to Albertville is nearly over! And The Globe's Sports staff is right in the middle of the action, starting with a spectacular section previewing the Winter Games. This special Sports Plus preview gives sports fans all they'll need to get ready for the action, including reports on each event, likely medalists, past champions, schedules and much more.

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