After a long blogging hiatus, I have returned and excited to bring you this news from wickedlocal.com There are have been many meetings and many debate over where the last T-stop should be on the extension of the Green Line.
“Transportation Secretary James Aloisi Jr. today recommended the Green Line be extended to Mystic Valley Parkway/Route 16, pending federal funding, via commuter rail rights-of-way as its preferred project terminus for main line service. “
If approved, this T-stop would not require construction of a new parking facility, which was the steam for a lot of local objections. The new T-line would extend the Green line from Lechmere Station to Mystic Valley Parkway along the Lowell commuter line. Construction should start in 2012 with a December 2014 completion date.
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