Word: mbta
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Five Cambridge representatives plan to submit questions concerning the planned extension of the Red Line through Harvard Square by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to MBTA officials next week...
...delegates, including representatives from the Red Line Alert, a citizens group which has filed suit against extension by the MBTA, is trying "to reestablish communication with the MBTA," Bernard Flynn, administrative assistant to Danehy, said yesterday...
Gregor I. McGregor, attorney for the Red Line Alert and a member of the delegation said yesterday the MBTA officials will be questioned on the extension project's short-run impact...
...what Cambridge leaders, citizens and businessmen say about their neighborhoods may not be the deciding factor. For if the MBTA does end up in federal court, there will be delays. Half a billion dollars in promised federal aid may be lost because, as Kiley aptly stated, "Uncle Sam does not hesitate to take funds not being used at the local level and put them on the nearest squeaky wheel that comes along...
Cambridge and the MBTA both have a choice to make. If the citizens and the city council are expecting the MBTA to extend the line all the way to Rte. 128, something it is not financially equipped to do today, they should probably think again. But if the MBTA plans to extend the Red Line to the Alewife area, it can not ignore citizens' moral and legal claims. The MBTA may be gambling with all its chips if it does not perform a supplementary EIS before a federal district court orders one. Cambridge citizens are gambling another EIS would reject...