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The Green Line Extension Design Working Group met on Nov 15 and got an overview of station designs, including new renderings of the future Lechmere station. (Our Green Line map is updated with the latest images and plans.) We also met members from the new Advanced Preliminary Engineering and Final Design team, primarily AECOM and HNTB. Phase 1 construction begins this…

"Somerville, Cambridge weigh Inner Belt bridge for Community Path" "We still do not have a complete and safe route to Cambridge and Boston that is agreed to by all parties and funded," says Alan Moore, co-president of Friends of the Community Path, which has been researching ways to an extended the bike path for 11 years. Cyclists would like to see…

Boston Globe: "Mass. tax hike on the table for roads and transit" Nearly six years after a bipartisan commission sounded the alarm about a transportation system in a crisis so severe that it carried a shortfall of nearly $1 billion a year, Governor Deval Patrick will ask lawmakers to solve the problem with a plan that includes higher taxes.

From MGNA... The MBTA Green Line Extension project team is working to modify the Ball Square station design in Medford to accommodate an unexpectedly problematic NStar electrical line. At a meeting of the GLX Design Working Group Thursday night at Tufts University, Mary Ainsley, Director of Design and Construction for the MBTA, said the team needed to "revisit the headhouse location"…

Somerville Patch: "Aldermen Authorize $8 Million Bond for Union Square Green Line Site" Most of the bond - $6 million of it - would go toward acquiring land, between Prospect Street, Somerville Avenue and Allen Street, for the station and accompanying development.

"Somerville Congressman Capuano continues criticism of Green Line Extension" "This is not easy, it's very, very hard," Pat Jehlen told the Journal in an interview. "That's why we have to do it together, so we need the support of the public and businesses. It's way too early to declare defeat."

Somerville Patch: "City Wants to Make Zoning Laws Less Byzantine, Plan for Green Line" The city of Somerville is launching a urban planning initiative called "Somerville by Design," which will kick off with a "visioning session" on Oct. 17.