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T shelves plan to lease billboards

Tepid ad response, outcry spur move

By Michele Morgan Bolton
Globe Correspondent / August 2, 2009

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The MBTA has retreated from its plan to raise millions of dollars by leasing 32 large billboards on land it owns in 19 Eastern Massachusetts communities after a disappointing response from prospective advertisers and a growing outcry from unwilling host communities. (Full article: 784 words)

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