Meeting on future Route 16 stop
Somerville Patch: "No Shortage of Questions, Concerns, Over Extending Green Line to Route 16" Boston Globe: "State solicits input on Medford Green Line extension plans"
Boston Globe: Orange & Green Line updates
"Assembly Square station gets go-ahead, lifting hopes for redevelopment of site into a riverfront complex" "The agreement gives the state the real estate rights to build the [Orange Line] station and entrances and realign track. The project is expected to cost $53.7 million, with the T hoping to advertise for construction bids this spring and complete it within three years." "We're…
Press coverage of Green Line progress and MBTA decision
Somerville Journal: "MBTA votes keep Somerville transit projects on track" "To put it in simplest terms, what happened is the state put a lot of its skin in the game," Mayor Curtatone said. "Thanks to the leadership of Governor Patrick, MassDOT Secretary Mullan and the support of the MBTA Board, tens of millions of dollars are about to pour into these…
MBTA moves forward on Green Line despite funding concerns
State House News Service: "MBTA advances Green Line extension, Mullan 'nervous' about funding" MBTA officials on Monday agreed to advance a $21 million proposal to initiate the extension of the Green Line but opted against approving the full $95 million authorization sought by staff, with the state's top transportation official saying he was "nervous" about federal funding. Boston Herald: "Debt forces…
Assembly Square Orange Line stop moves forward
Boston Business Journal: "Assembly Square advances on key MBTA vote" The MBTA's unanimous vote Monday passed a so-called "memorandum of understanding" to advance the new subway plan. Sources familiar with the matter said the plan must receive formal endorsement from Richard A. Davey, the MBTA's general manager, before the agency can begin soliciting bids to build the new station.
New firms to work on Green Line extension
By Ken Krause, MGNA
On Monday, the MBTA Board of Directors is expected to approve a $95 million contract for Project Management and Preliminary Design, and Construction Management and Preliminary Design for the Green Line Extension project.
The contract is proposed to be awarded to a joint venture of the Gilbane Building Company and HDR Engineering, Inc. Both companies have been involved in prominent MBTA projects – Gilbane with the recently completed multimodal transportation center at T.F. Green Airport near Providence, and HDR with the Government Center Station modernization project now under way.
STEP meeting notes
Topics included various Green Line updates and the Community Path. Meeting notes (PDF)
State responds to public comments on the SIP
MassDOT released its response to many comments from the public that were made about the State Implementation Plan (SIP). A few highlights: "MassDOT has been consistent in its support of an ultimate terminus from the Green Line Extension at Mystic Valley Parkway/Route 16, but has proposed that this final segment of the project be planned and constructed as a second phase.…
New York Daily News: Perspective on air pollution
"Wake up to the most dangerous air pollution: Fine particulate matter kills thousands in N.Y.C., L.A." Co-authored by STEP's Wig Zamore "Fine particulate matter is especially insidious because it is virtually invisible, odorless and tasteless. All of us are exposed, but few are aware of it. Despite the substantial impact on our health, it is not well-known to the public compared…
American Planning Association on Green Line extension
In advance of its annual conference in Boston in April, the American Planning Association devoted its January issue to articles about the Hub, including a lengthy cover story on the Green Line extension project. Check it out. "Generally, there has been little controversy about the Green Line extension - surprising, given its size and scope. Somerville in particular has wholeheartedly embraced…
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