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Yeah, they had to go back to the drawing board when costs doubled.
Green Line Extension project manager John Dalton is "confident" that the contractor change will not have an impact on the overall project timeline, Pesaturo said.
The $2.3 billion project will add seven new stops in Somerville and Medford; construction is slated to be completed by the end of 2021. The three shortlisted design-build teams are required to submit proposals by September.
Early Work Continues Along the Lowell Commuter Rail Line
Work continues along the railroad right-of-way in Medford between Harvard Street and north of College Avenue, seven days a week. This work remains critical to support the next phases of work leading into construction in 2018.
Each weekend, work crews access the right-of-way at the end of service Friday evening and continue work through start of service Monday morning. This weekend, Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9, as workers make progress with excavation, drilling will be necessary involving varying noise levels.
Neighbors will also experience increased construction vehicle traffic in the vicinity of Colby Street and Tufts University, as materials and equipment are delivered to and removed from the railroad right-of-way. The GLX Team apologizes for the inconvenience this work may cause, and has instructed work crews to minimize inconvenience to the community.
The GLX Project is progressing smoothly and we thank you for your patience and support as we work to execute this signature project.
They are still selecting the new contract, right? If so, then who is working on this construction?
The T is reviewing bids now and is on schedule to award the contract 11/17, per most recent FMCB meeting.
Tufts Interlocking Neighborhood Presentation from 5/31:
http://greenlineextension.org/documents/PubMtgs/Tufts_Interlocking_Neighborhood_053117.pdf
MassDOT and the MBTA recently reevaluated the conceptual design of the proposed Mystic ValleyvParkway Station to match the recent design changes proposed for the Green Line Extension fromvLechmere Station to College Avenue, as well as to minimize property impacts.
As described in thevJanuary 2017 NPC for the core Project, many of the station design elements were modified to reducevanticipated costs while maintaining core functionality and benefits. MassDOT and the MBTA propose the following changes to the conceptual design of Mystic Valley Parkway Station:
• Lower Green Line tracks from Commuter Rail level to street level to provide full platform access via a single-story terminal station. This redesign would eliminate the need for elevators, escalators, and stairs in this location, and reduce long-term station life-cycle and maintenance costs.
• Replace the canopy with multiple pre-fabricated weather shelters along the station platform.
• Construct pedestrian grade crossings for access to the low-level platforms.
• Increase capacity for bicycle parking to 120 spaces in a secure storage enclosure (a “pedal & park” facility.)
• Remove all customer parking from the station design.
• Add an electrical substation (location to be determined) to provide additional traction power capacity, identified by the Green Line Extension Project since the 2009 DEIR.
• Shift station access drive north to reduce impacts to an adjacent business located at 200 Boston Avenue in Medford.(Approximately 84 surface parking spaces at 196 and 200 Boston Avenue could be impacted by the
proposed improvements, which would be replaced at a location to be determined.)
Me too.They made expansion across the Mystic River significantly harder (since the station is literally sitting at Rt. 16 at grade), in exchange for a much cheaper and simpler project, which seems reasonable to me.
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