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State agrees to design link between Red and Blue lines.

Publication: Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News
Publication Date: 30-NOV-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Mac Daniel

Nov. 30--State officials reversed course yesterday and agreed to design a $264 million tunnel connecting the MBTA's Blue and Red Line subways as part of a lawsuit settlement over the state's list of planned public transit projects.

The controversial tunnel, which would link the Blue Line's Government Center station with the Red Line's Charles/MGH station, was pulled last year from the list of transit projects designed to offset pollution from the Big Dig, prompting the lawsuit from the Conservation Law Foundation, which accused the state of reneging on promised projects. The state agreed to complete the final design, expected to cost $30 million, but did not promise to build the connector.

The settlement also essentially kills a proposal to return trolleys to the Arborway in Jamaica Plain. Instead, the state promised to explore possible improvements to existing public transit in that neighborhood. The controversial plan to return Green Line service has been repeatedly put off by both the city...



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