"Making tracks: Pace of work on Green Line extension project is picking up" (Boston Globe) "Tons of dirt are being removed and trucked to the Somerville-Cambridge border, where it will be used to form an elevated base for a new Green Line vehicle facility. Nearby, massive concrete structures leap out of the earth to eventually carry viaducts to the new destinations.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6t12TNza78 Joe Lynch interviews John Dalton about bridge closures, ADA compliance, and station design.
"Anger grows over design of green line stations that limit access and add distance for disabled" (Cambridge Day) "State transportation officials are likely to get an earful at an open house Wednesday meant to explain what’s happening with the green line extension, as residents and officials don’t like what they already know. At Monday’s meeting of the City Council, residents and officials…
The price of the future Green Line through Somerville is a lot of annoying construction. In a couple of weeks that begins in earnest with the first major bridge closing. Here's the schedule: Broadway bridge at Ball Square: March 22, 2019 - March 2020Washington St underpass in East Somerville: April 2019 - Fall 2019 and also Spring 2020 - Fall 2020Medford…
Zoom in on this wonderful 1925 map to see the many surface lines that served Somerville. With the Green Line Extension, we're bringing back historical greatness!
All the plans and documents shared at the January 30 public meeting have now been published. You can look through everything on the STEP Green Line map by clicking on any station. Or you can download the PDFs and slides.
"GLX: Coming soon to a Somerville station near you" MBTA Deputy Program Manager of Stakeholder Engagement Terry McCarthy acknowledged that they heard plenty of questions from Somervillians, especially about landscaping and planting. He said the project team is still negotiating how to effectively communicate with residents. “We’ve been working on the project for about a year,” he said, “And it’s a…
It was a packed house last night as many people came to look at the current Green Line plans, ask questions, and offer feedback. View some photos of the event.
The MBTA released some high-resolution draft plans of the new Community Path route and associated access points, noise walls, and so on. Download the big PDF and take a look.
"MBTA: No snags so far on Green Line extension work" (Boston Herald) "The leader of the MBTA’s Green Line Extension project told T overseers Monday that the trolley service extension is about 60 percent designed and said he has not seen signs of possible snags on the horizon. Dalton said the bulk of the construction-related work taking place now is related…