Somerville Patch: "Capuano on Green Line: 'Take What We Can'" "He said Somerville should see how much money the state currently has for the project, 'grab as much of that as we can and build as much of the Green Line as we can.'" Somerville News: "Breakfast with Congressman Capuano" "If we hang onto some dream that cannot be fundedâ¦that will…
"MBTA project moving ahead" Wig Zamore, a founding member of the nonprofit Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership, said the timeline for the first phase is encouraging. "It's taken a very long time to get just to this point," he said. "Somerville is a small, dense city....For us to see a shift to clean transit, so that people don't have to rely on…
Somerville Patch: "Early Stages Green Line Construction Could Begin This Year" The first phase of construction on the Green Line extension project, which will cost about $20 million, according to the Globe, will include bridge reconstruction, demolition work and site preparation. Somerville Journal: "Detours expected during Green Line bridge work in Somerville"
Boston Globe: "Somerville, Medford residents reassured Green Line extension coming" The long-awaited Green Line Extension is on track to move ahead, with the final design of the $1.1 billion public transit project due to be completed in March, and the first phase of construction, including the widening of railroad bridges in Medford and Somerville, to start by the end of this…
Yesterday, MassDOT held a public meeting about the Green Line Extension Phase I Early Bridge & Demolition Contract Scope of Work. Read notes from the meeting from our friends at MGNA. Upcoming meetings include: Wednesday, Feb. 8: Washington Street and Union Square station Early March: Gilman and Lowell Street station March/April: Ball Square and College Avenue station March/April: Right-of-way, Noise, Vibration,…
Yup, that's right. Today was the original legal deadline for the State to open the full Green Line Extension. Then it got pushed back to 2014. Then 2015. Now they're saying it will be phased between 2016-2019. Sigh. There have been 7.5 years of planning (starting with the Beyond Lechmere study in 2004), many frustrating meetings, a lot of talk, but…
On December 13, a few folks from Friends of Community Path gave a tour of part of the future Path route to Richard A. Davey (CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation) and David Mohler (Chair of the MPO Transportation Planning and Programming Committee).
"New Lechmere T station could open in early 2017" "Lechmere Station will be moved across Monsignor O'Brien Highway from its current location and the MBTA will build a new viaduct carrying the Green Line trains to the station before the tracks will be extended through Somerville and to College Avenue in Medford."
Somerville News: "A way forward on the Green Line Extension"
Somerville Journal: "Capuano tells Somerville to 'get realistic' about Green Line Extension" Somerville News: "Capuano returns to BOA"