Boston Globe: "Community group linking bike path to Green Line extension" In a Jan. 7 letter to the state's environmental review board, the Friends of the Community Path asked the Department of Transportation to promise that "the Green Line and Community Path extensions will be funded and constructed together as a single project."
Boston Globe: "Medford, Somerville officials urge Route 16 stop for Green Line" "The entire project is premised on idea of reducing pollution and getting cars off of the road," said Democratic state Representative Carl Sciortino. "The Route 16 stop provides us with the best opportunity to add new riders [to the subway]."
Medford Transcript: "McGlynn says Medford cannot support Green Line project as is"
Comment letters on the DEIR must be sent by Friday, January 8. Keep reading for details.
STEP urges strong and considerate support for the efforts of MassDOT to move the Green Line forward with the release of the Draft EIR. The state has committed over $1 billion to the Green Line Extension.
We support a continued “Green Light for the Green Line” AND proceeding with care.
We must “DO IT RIGHT” if this project is to sustainably serve the next three generations.
Somerville and its citizens applaud the release of the Green Line Extension DEIR and offer sincere thanks to MassDOT for committing to a Route 16 terminus, to full design of the Community Path, and to continued analysis of alternate locations for the maintenance and storage facility. The DEIR represents a critical milestone in the public evaluation process and allows for preliminary project engineering to begin. We appreciate the opportunity to comment on MassDOT’s work thus far. We encourage fellow residents, our neighbors and local business owners to submit written comments prior to January 8, 2010.
Somerville Journal: "MBTA maintenance site remains sore spot in Somerville" Somerville News: "Residents air views on Yard 8 alternatives"
Cambridge Chronicle: "Proposed Green Line garage has some worried" "If you have a chance to put a facility like this someplace besides right next door to a residential building we'd like to see you take it," said Heather Van Aelst, 31, a trustee of the Brickbottom Condo Trust.
In the DEIR, the State mentioned two alternatives to its long-standing preference for building the maintenance facility in Yard 8. Now MassDOT has published a more detailed analysis of the options called Mirror H and Option L. The document includes a preliminary assessment of operations, property acquisition needs, schedule implications, project cost implications, and potential environmental impacts.
Download the analysis (PDF) and make sure to come to the Dec 16 pubic hearing. Keep reading to view maps of the alternatives.
Tufts Daily: "Tufts voices concerns over planned T stop"
STEP distributed these notes at the Nov 18 pubic hearing…
STEP urges strong and considerate support for the efforts of MassDOT to move the Green Line forward with the release of the Draft EIR. The state has committed over $1 billion to the Green Line Extension.
We support a continued “Green Light for the Green Line” AND proceeding with care.
We must “DO IT RIGHT” if this project is to sustainably serve the next three generations.
Somerville and its citizens applaud the release of the Green Line Extension DEIR and offer sincere thanks to MassDOT for committing to a Route 16 terminus, to full design of the Community Path, and to continued analysis of alternate locations for the maintenance and storage facility. The DEIR represents a critical milestone in the public evaluation process and allows for preliminary project engineering to begin. We appreciate the opportunity to comment on MassDOT’s work thus far. We encourage fellow residents, our neighbors and local business owners to submit written comments prior to January 8, 2010.
Somerville News: "Green Line report criticized at Somerville hearing"