September 15 Green Line Meeting Postponed
Officials Still Working on Terminus, Maintenance Facility Locations
A Green Line Train at Cleveland Circle. Photo by Alexander Svirsky.
A Green Line Extension Project Advisory Group meeting planned for Monday, September 15 has been postponed until further notice as transportation officials continue to determine the terminus for the line and the location of a small maintenance facility.
“Since these discussions are still ongoing and the Project Team does not yet have available all of the information of importance to you and other community members, we think it best to reschedule the meeting to a time when the necessary data are available and we can provide you with thorough presentations on the pertinent topics,” wrote Regan Checchio, a spokesperson for the project, in an email.
Checchio said additional public meetings planned for September and October have also been postponed for the same reason. She said the meetings will be scheduled “as soon as possible” and a notice will be sent out and the dates will be posted on the project website, GreenLineExtension.org.
According to Checchio, postponing the meetings will have no impact on the timeline of the project, with the preliminary engineering phase slated to begin in early 2009.
The Executive Office of Transportation recently revealed preliminary drawings of proposed Green Line station locations in Medford and Somerville.
Three potential stations have been proposed for Medford- just over the Medford/Somerville line near Broadway by Ball Square, somewhere between College Avenue and Winthrop Street adjacent to Boston Avenue, and at Route 16 by the UHaul and Cummings Park properties.
The stations locations are not definite and project managers are still examining ridership, cost, and environmental impact, among other factors, before making a decision.
– InsideMedford.com
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I’m glad that it was cancelled. I spoke with Carl Sciortino at the Democratic Debate about it and said that being the day before the election, I am sure that all of us had something better to do that day. He agreed!
Jim, what are we all doing the day before the election?! I’m curious.
I’ll be working for Bob Trane, talking to people in person, making phone calls, doing a standout, posting messages on the blogs, and anything else he needs. I have no idea of what you will be doing.