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Lack of Funding Threatens Greenway

BOSTON-At least four projects planned for the Rose Kennedy Greenway could be shelved if they can't produce an operational plan and the financial backing by July.

By Beverly Ford | Updated on October 19, 2006

BOSTON-At least four projects slated to be built on the Rose Kennedy Greenway could be threatened if they cannot show the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority that they have an operating plan and the financing for their project, Nancy Brennan, executive director of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, tells GlobeSt.com. The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a 27-acre crescent shaped park being constructed on the site of a major roadway that has now moved underground in the Big Dig.

“It’s time to set reasonable milestones so these projects can have the assistance they need from their boards and fundraisers to move forward,” Brennan says. “If that support from the community is not forthcoming, we can start to look for other world class ideas.”

Last year the YMCA, which planned to build a major recreational facility in the North End, announced that spiraling construction costs had forced it to withdraw its proposal. A second project, planned by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, is also threatened.

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