The MassDOT Board of Directors approved a contract for final design and preliminary engineering work on the Green Line Extension. It was awarded to a joint venture of AECOM Technical Services and HNTB Corporation. Construction on Phase I of the project will "begin next month," according to Transportation Secretary Richard Davey. Somerville Patch: "MassDOT Board Authorizes $45 Million Green Line Extension…
Somerville Journal: "Somerville Community Path being extended - somewhat" "We need MassDOT to fully fund Community Path construction as part of the Green Line Extension, or as mitigation for delays," Weissman said.
Somerville Patch: "Agreement Says Union Square Green Line Station Operational by 2017" "According to the announcement, the city will purchase land in Union Square for the station and then grant a permanent easement to the MBTA." Boston Globe: "Somerville strikes deal with T on land for Union Square Station" "This is another major step forward both in making the Green Line…
By Ken Krause of MGNA…
Groundbreaking for Phase I construction of the Green Line Extension (GLX), and the hiring of a new team to complete engineering and design work are among the milestones anticipated for the project this fall, according to a report released this month by MassDOT and the MBTA.
Each July, MassDOT is required to submit to the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) an Annual Status Report on the transit projects that the state committed to build as a condition of DEP approving the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel highway project (a k a the Big Dig). The Green Line Extension to Somerville and Medford is one of two of those transit commitments that remain unfinished; the other is improvements to the Fairmount commuter rail line.
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From our friends at MGNA…
The MBTA today began to solicit bids for Phase I of the Green Line Extension project with an advertisement in the Boston Globe.
Boston Globe: "Feds approve Green Line Extension environment plan" "Without the environmental thumbs-up, the project would lose a shot at $557 million in federal New Starts grants requested by the state and currently under review by the Federal Transit Authority. In its grant application, MassDOT also previewed what it said could be likely long-term options for funding transportation costs, most of…
Tufts Medicine Magazine: "Big Road Blues: Living Near a Highway Can Be Bad for Your Health in a Million Small Ways" (PDF) "The goal of the study, expected to wrap up a year from now, is to understand how vehicular pollution affects the health of people living close to a highway." "'When it comes to air pollution, the main thing that…
Somerville Journal: "5 questions with Somerville Unsung Hero Ellin Reisner" The Unsung Heroines, who were identified by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women working in partnership with state legislators, are extraordinary women whose work is deserving of recognition and praise, were recognized for their outstanding contributions to their communities or the organizations that they serve.