Green Line construction kick-off!

Tuesday, Dec 11, 1:30 pm
Target (back of parking lot)
180 Somerville Ave (map)

Governor Patrick, Secretary Davey, Congressman Capuano, Mayor Curtatone, and other state and local elected officials to kick off construction of Phase I of Green Line extension.

WHO: Governor Deval Patrick, MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard A. Davey, Congressman Michael Capuano, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, and state and local elected officials.

WHEN: Tuesday, Dececember 11, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: 180 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, MA. As you enter the Target parking lot, go to the left and head toward the back of the store parking lot.

WHAT: Phase I of the Green Line extension consists of the reconstruction of the Harvard Street railroad bridge in Medford, and the Medford Street railroad bridge in Somerville. Both bridges will be rebuilt to accommodate both the existing Commuter Rail tracks and the Green Line tracks. Phase I also consists of the demolition of a building located at 21 Water Street in East Cambridge. The building, presently owned by the MBTA, will be razed to clear the path for the eventual extension of the tracks from Lechmere Station. Work under this $12.9 million effort will be done by Barletta Heavy Division.