Green Line extension cost cut to $2.3 billion in latest estimate

BOSTON – State officials shaved about $622 million from the cost of the Green Line Extension project, putting the new price tag at about $2.3 billion and leaving an estimated $73 million funding gap, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told reporters ahead of a critical meeting on the project Monday afternoon. The new cost of $2.3 billion, which corresponds to the $2 billion estimate in 2014 and the high-end of $3 billion the T reached last year, has yet to be vetted by the Federal Trans

BOSTON – State officials shaved about $622 million from the cost of the Green Line Extension project, putting the new price tag at about $2.3 billion and leaving an estimated $73 million funding gap, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told reporters ahead of a critical meeting on the project Monday afternoon. The new cost of $2.3 billion, which corresponds to the $2 billion estimate in 2014 and the high-end of $3 billion the T reached last year, has yet to be vetted by the Federal Trans…