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A bill would eliminate the ten-citizens appeal, which has been used to win public access to the waterfront. The Big Dig put in Harborwalk along Fort Point Channel under such pressure.

Bill would foil a tactic used for waterfront access

By Stephanie Ebbert
Globe Staff / March 27, 2006

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A key legal tool used to ensure public waterfront access at building developments in Massachusetts would be sharply limited under a measure that is moving quickly through the Legislature with the support of developers and business groups. (Full article: 1062 words)

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