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Danchy's real worry, however, is not battling his fellow councilors or Harvard officials, but matching blow for blow with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA), the agency that wants to extend the Red Line through Harvard Square. As he speaks of it, his manners change and his eyes light...
...already have an adequate surface transportation system in Cambridge," Danehy says for the hundreth time in as many days. The MBTA's chosen route is wrong, their methods of construction are wrong and their effect on Cambridge is wrong, he adds...
Original plans include a shaft--but not for hauling out the dirt. Somewhere along the way, however, somebody in the MBTA or the company changed his mind, Lashman said. in fact, one estimate said 90 per cent of the dirt would come out of the hole...
Unfortunately for the construction firm hired by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)--which is attempting to dig such a hole at the corner of Mass. Ave and Garfield St.--building a haul shaft is a very dirty and noisy operation...
...MBTA spokesman John K. Leary Jr. said yesterday the MBTA plans to meet with its construction contractor to suggest revisions in their construction plans. Although an agreement will have to be hammered out, Leary said, the agency will suggest that only 30 to 40 per cent of the dirt come up next door to the Dudley...