"Station design approaches for Green Line Extension" "The wheels of the Green Line Extension churned on this last Thursday, May 26, with some hope for progress in the near future. Community members met to hammer out details for working with the new design team Gilbane/HDR and were met with other funding updates."
HDR/Gilbane has created the following 3D renderings to give a sense of what the new Green Line stations could look like in their neighborhoods. These designs are not final, so make sure to attend the station design workshops this summer! Click below to view all the stations.
Notes from the May 26 meeting provided by Ken Krause…
INTRODUCTIONS
This was the first DWG meeting conducted by the MBTA’s Mary Ainsley, who is assuming overall Project Manager responsibility from MassDOT’s Kate Ficther, and the first involving the new Project Management/Preliminary Engineering consulting team led by HDR Engineering/Gilbane Construction.
The Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is strongly considering dropping the Green Line stations at Route 16 from the next Long-Range Transportation Plan, which would essentially be its death knell. (The MPO is the agency that determines which transportation projects are chosen to be completed - and, importantly, which are eligible for federal funds and some state funds - in the…
Topics included recent Green Line meetings, upcoming design workshops, and the Assembly Square stop. Meeting notes (PDF)
View the letter to David Mohler from State Rep. Carl Sciortino, State Senator Patricia Jehlen, and State Rep. Sean Garballey.
On May 3, the public was introduced to the new project team from HDR/Gilbane. The meeting included an overview of the Preliminary Engineering phase and questions from the audience. Some highlights: The Preliminary Engineering phase is underway and will get the project to 30% design. Station workshops with the community will occur in June and July. The process for finding the…
Boston Globe: "Advocates know the squeaky wheel gets the Green" "As the project is a legal commitment, the Commonwealth must identify ways to fund it - and right now, the efforts of everyone involved are focused on proving to federal officials that the Green Line extension is an excellent project that meets or exceeds all of the criteria for New Starts…
Boston Business Journal: "MBTA opens bidding for Assembly Square station" The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting bids to construct the region's first Orange Line subway station since 1987, just days after Somerville officials signed-off on a $25 million bond to help pay for the new train stop. Read the advertisement from the MBTA.
CommonWealth Magazine: "At the T, reform gives way to revenue" "Massachusetts is legally required to extend the Green Line to Somerville and Medford by the end of 2014, and if the MBTA's budget doesn't get shored up soon, the state will likely have to cover the project's entire $950 million price tag....Mullan said Monday he would expect Federal Transit Administration officials…