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...Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) board of directors has already approved the $71.3 million bid, submitted by the Perini Corporation of Framingham, Mass. The Urban Mass Transportation Authority (UMTA) must finalize the award of the federally-funded contract...
...spokesman for Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy said yesterday the mayor is afraid the increased price of the project, which the MBTA's consulting engineers estimated would cost $50.3 million, would soak up funds that otherwise might have been available for further extension of the Red Line beyond Cambridge...
...MBTA spokesman Vincent B. Farrell said the Mayor's fears are "pure conjecture...
Warren J. Higgens, MBTA director of construction, said last week his office will scrutinize the bids carefully before it asks UMTA for final approval...
Brewer added that Harvard acquired the building because of the possible effects construction of the MBTA Red Line extension might have on University housing near Harvard Square...