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BOSTON – A scaled-down design for the trolley extension to Somerville and Medford, aimed at reining in the project's bloated budget, appears consistent with the aims of the overall effort, according to a top official at the federal agency that pledged $1 billion to the earlier version. In a
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Transportation overseers gave a unanimous, but provisional, go-ahead for scaled-down Green Line Extension project on Monday without yet fully committing the state to the $2.3 billion endeavor. "There's a difference between giving it the green light and signing on the bottom line," Transportation Secretary Stephanie
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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.
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BOSTON – The fate of the cost-burdened Green Line Extension depends in large part on the new budget that will be presented to transportation overseers at a meeting Monday. Last August, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack paused the trolley line extension to Somerville and Medford, warning that the prior cost estimate of
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Gov. Charlie Baker's $39.55 billion budget proposal was filed Wednesday and a hearing schedule on the spending plan emerged late Friday. It will take lawmakers From Boston to Amherst, Methuen, Springfield, Medford, and Everett and back to Boston again. Hearings begin Tuesday at the State House where
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BOSTON – The Massachusetts State House was abuzz Monday with reports and comments concerning a financial crisis gripping Boston's public transit service and how to pay for a planned Green Line expansion into Somerville and Medford that may cost as much as $3 billion. The projected costs of extending
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BOSTON – Pressing ahead with the Green Line Extension project may require fresh bonding authority from the state Legislature next year to help cover the costs, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told lawmakers Wednesday. "As I've said repeatedly the option of halting the project remains on the table until
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