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Re: T construction news
Updates on some projects that haven't been getting as much news with GC and GLX dominating the conversation.
Ruggles:
Second platform is finally starting to get under way. At 90% design now; will hit 100% and be advertised this summer, NTP in the fall, completion in "winter 2018". This one had been sitting since the TIGER grant came through in 2014; I suspect it got moved up the priority queue because of the proposed new commuter rail schedules which eliminated Ruggles stops from Providence trains (many of which run on non-platform Track 2 inbound). The new platform will allow all commuter rail trains to stop without ugly crossover moves.
Wollaston:
60% design has been released, and it looks pretty good. The weird double-headhouse design has been replaced with a single headhouse, and an elevator from the crossunder directly to the platform has been added. Funding is supposedly identified and being finalized; 100% design should be reached this summer. This will be the last Red Line station to be made accessible; only Bowdoin and Boylston (permanent ADA exemptions), Hynes (renovations to be funded by air rights development), and Symphony (plans made but lower on the queue) will remain inaccessible on the subway lines.
Back Bay:
The Dartmouth Street Underpass is closing on the 6th until the end of the year. This will allow for repairs to the tunnel, as well as Copley Place renovations.
North Quincy:
Bids are in for mixed-use TOD on the parking lot.
Quincy Center:
The closed-in-2012 garage is to be torn down and replaced. I'll just quote what I wrote on Wikipedia: "Three structures would be built: a new garage with the same number of spaces, a "justice center" with a new Quincy District Court, and an office building for the National Park Service and its bus shuttle to Adams National Historical Park. The garage would have street-level retail locations. The busways would be relocated to the Burgin Parkway side and a roof added; the kiss-and-ride dropoff lane would remain on the Hancock Street side. The project is estimated to cost $52 million; the city proposes to use $10 million in state money approved in 2014, $20 million in federal grants, and $22 million from a private partner who would operate the facility for several decades." This should be a nice change for what was a very dead garage right in the middle of a recovering downtown.
Braintree and Quincy Adams
Repairs are underway to the garages, which suffered the same sort of water damage as Quincy Center but are a decade younger. The T is ultimately seeking $56 million to rebuild the garages, and presumably make them less ugly dead zones for development.
Winchester Center:
15% plans are complete for a full renovation of the station. Full-length high-level platforms, gauntlet track for freights to pass, elevators for accessibility. Will cost $26M to built; they're hoping to start in 2017. This will knock off one of the top three non-accessible stations on the commuter rail system.
Updates on some projects that haven't been getting as much news with GC and GLX dominating the conversation.
Ruggles:
Second platform is finally starting to get under way. At 90% design now; will hit 100% and be advertised this summer, NTP in the fall, completion in "winter 2018". This one had been sitting since the TIGER grant came through in 2014; I suspect it got moved up the priority queue because of the proposed new commuter rail schedules which eliminated Ruggles stops from Providence trains (many of which run on non-platform Track 2 inbound). The new platform will allow all commuter rail trains to stop without ugly crossover moves.
Wollaston:
60% design has been released, and it looks pretty good. The weird double-headhouse design has been replaced with a single headhouse, and an elevator from the crossunder directly to the platform has been added. Funding is supposedly identified and being finalized; 100% design should be reached this summer. This will be the last Red Line station to be made accessible; only Bowdoin and Boylston (permanent ADA exemptions), Hynes (renovations to be funded by air rights development), and Symphony (plans made but lower on the queue) will remain inaccessible on the subway lines.
Back Bay:
The Dartmouth Street Underpass is closing on the 6th until the end of the year. This will allow for repairs to the tunnel, as well as Copley Place renovations.
North Quincy:
Bids are in for mixed-use TOD on the parking lot.
Quincy Center:
The closed-in-2012 garage is to be torn down and replaced. I'll just quote what I wrote on Wikipedia: "Three structures would be built: a new garage with the same number of spaces, a "justice center" with a new Quincy District Court, and an office building for the National Park Service and its bus shuttle to Adams National Historical Park. The garage would have street-level retail locations. The busways would be relocated to the Burgin Parkway side and a roof added; the kiss-and-ride dropoff lane would remain on the Hancock Street side. The project is estimated to cost $52 million; the city proposes to use $10 million in state money approved in 2014, $20 million in federal grants, and $22 million from a private partner who would operate the facility for several decades." This should be a nice change for what was a very dead garage right in the middle of a recovering downtown.
Braintree and Quincy Adams
Repairs are underway to the garages, which suffered the same sort of water damage as Quincy Center but are a decade younger. The T is ultimately seeking $56 million to rebuild the garages, and presumably make them less ugly dead zones for development.
Winchester Center:
15% plans are complete for a full renovation of the station. Full-length high-level platforms, gauntlet track for freights to pass, elevators for accessibility. Will cost $26M to built; they're hoping to start in 2017. This will knock off one of the top three non-accessible stations on the commuter rail system.
