Green Line momentum continues, but there’s still a funding gap

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‘Real Momentum’ On Green Line Extension, But Cost Questions Remain (WBUR)

“The turnaround has hardly been dramatic, featuring incremental steps over months as officials pulled back the scale and cost of the project, brought aboard [project manager John] Dalton — a former Chicago Transit Authority official — and received agreements from Cambridge and Somerville to contribute a combined $75 million toward the extension with a projected $2.3 billion new price tag.

‘We’ve kind of already begun the procurement process,’ Dalton told the News Service on Monday. He said there is ‘real momentum’ behind the project now.”