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Nuggets of note from the MBTA Web Site: There is a public meeting (with comment period) on the "Rail Vision" project on Thursday at 10:00 am. This is the study looking at regional rail, electrification, freqency, etc. The FCMB has the Red-Blue Connector on its agenda for next week AND looking...

Bricklayers currently installing actual bricks - not precast panels - on the left side podium.

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium Not Hood site. Master plan in MEPA last week. No stadium: https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/emepa/mepadocs/2018/071118em/nps/enf/15882%20Hood%20Park%20Master%20Plan.pdf

It seems that a great deal of the difficulty and expense of the West Station full build is the platform serving the Grand Junction. This to me is what can be phased to later if not never. There are no plans for service here. I'm all for future-proofing but this seems like an unnecessary...

Re: North-South Rail Link To me, the study also demonstrates the importance of transitioning to electric powered vehicles on the the Providence, Fairmount, and Stoughton line immediately. By the time they even get to the design phase for NSRL, they should already be partially electrified and...

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District This morning's delivery. Large steel pipes. They look like those seen in other foundations.

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District Devonshire Street closed. Two excavators and slurry wall rig on site today.

Re: North-South Rail Link I don't think you understand how bond bills work. The bill simply sets out a series of things that the state may legally spend money on. The bill itself has no value. The earmarks are worth precisely the paper they are printed on. If you look at the rest of the bills...

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District Back to the 115 Winthrop Sq. Project, the signs around the site are all now Suffolk Construction branded.

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District A good power washing would do wonders for this building.

Crane jump coming soon. They were unloading the sections today.

Lipstick on a pig alert: They seem to be doing a lot of work on the exterior 1st floor of 1 Beacon. Cladding on the "pillars" being removed and entrance "roof" demo'd

Re: Longfellow Place (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End Demo on the top level is quite active now. Lots of concrete coming down.

I recall from prior threads: That the vehicle is smallest part of the cost. What is is more important is to add more juice to the existing wire. Although the PVD line has catenary it needs a whole new substation in order to support more trains. I recall that there is space for one in Canton but...

I believe that it calls for a plan that has as the planned implementation date of 2022. That is to say, "what would it take to make this happen in 2022". it is not a funded program and it still needs to pass the house and Governor. Full Text: Electric Commuter Rail Study SECTION 40. The...

T to regional rail activists: go screw From Winchester/Newton Presentation: In early 2017, the MBTA decided that the three Newton Commuter Rail Stations should be evaluated together, given the interdependencies within this corridor and operational impact of the Auburndale design • An analysis...

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District Well that didn't take long. Crews in yellow vests all over the site this morning. Geotech rigs were there much of last week.

Re: South Station Tower Extension of air rights is on the agenda for the MBTA board on Monday: https://mbta.com/events/2018-04-30/fiscal-management-control-board-meeting

If you were involved in creating SteelStacks then I applaud you sir. This is such a cool use of those structures. In another world, Everett would have been an ideal location for an "industrial" theme casino that would have better fit with its surroundings. However, that is not Wynn's strategy

That is unfortuate. There are some neat brick rowhouse type buildings there and Fat Cat is an institution.