Roads Bureau Assuages City

The Federal Bureau of Roads, which must approve a route for the Inner Belt, has assured Cambridge that it will give serious consideration to the City's objections to the express-way.

The Cambridge City Council had visited Washington earlier this week to urge the bureau to study both the need and possible locations for the highway.

A Cambridge segment for the Inner Belt is expected to be announced early next week by Francis W. Sargent, commissioner of the State Department of Public Works. A spokesman for the department said yesterday that he doubted the federal government would abandon the inner Belt. It has already approved all major segments for the Belt except the Cambridge portion, he said.