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The State has released conceptual drawings showing what things might look like with this option. Lechmere is at the very top, with McGrath winding down the right side of the photo and Washington St at the very bottom. (View two larger drawings here and here.)

Somerville News: "State won't budge on maintenance facility at Inner Belt" "Unless there is a great deal of equity interjected into the...disproportionate use of Somerville for maintenance and storage and other uses that don't produce revenue for the city...how can you expect anyone to support this plan?" asked State Rep. Denise Provost.

The report presents the analysis that was utilized to determine the state's preferred site for locating a support facility for the Green Line extensions. It includes details about the project's requirements and a breakdown of how the State's consultant VHB evaluated the alternative sites, and ultimately recommends exactly the same option the State initially favored: Yard 8. (See STEP's interactive map.)…

Somerville News: "City silenced: No public process on Green Line, activist says" "The public process has been ridiculous," said Ellin Reisner, who sits on an advisory council set up by the Commonwealth's Executive Office of Transportation and is president of STEP. "There has been no public process so far."

Somerville Journal: "Aldermen want to be in loop on talks of Green Line, stadium" “We are concerned that about the actual location of the maintenance facility and that the decision will just get made and we'll have to live with it,” said Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston. “We want to make sure nothing jeopardizes the Green Line coming to Somerville by…

Quoted in the segment is Ellin Reisner, president of STEP. Read more and watch the video.

Somerville Journal: "City hopes to resolve Green Line facility issue before building a soccer stadium at Inner Belt"