Gerry6309 wrote:The liaison for South Coast Rail did a presentation for the BSRA tonight. They want to do 25 kV AC electrification for environmental reasons. Might as well erect a marker in the cemetery of dead projects for that one!
NH2060 wrote:Gerry6309 wrote:The liaison for South Coast Rail did a presentation for the BSRA tonight. They want to do 25 kV AC electrification for environmental reasons. Might as well erect a marker in the cemetery of dead projects for that one!
Wait so now we're BACK to electrification? Good grief..
September 12, 2015
South Coast Rail Project Update
Jean C. Fox, MassDOT Project Manager for South Coast Rail, will present MassDOT’s plans for extending MBTA Commuter Rail to communities in southeastern Massachusetts that currently have no service. Ms. Fox will present an overview of the region, proposed stations, a summary of project benefits, and a brief update on the design and permitting. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity for questions and answers.
BigUglyCat wrote:I wonder how much a person makes for being project manager for a fantasy project?
In The Road, Cormac McCarthy wrote, "Query: how does the never-to-be differ from something that never was?"
According to http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/massachusetts_state_employee_salary_database_2015.html South Coast Rail Manager $95,782.00 in 2014.BigUglyCat wrote:I wonder how much a person makes for being project manager for a fantasy project?
In The Road, Cormac McCarthy wrote, "Query: how does the never-to-be differ from something that never was?"
BandA wrote:According to http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/massachusetts_state_employee_salary_database_2015.html South Coast Rail Manager $95,782.00 in 2014.
BostonUrbEx wrote:If this gets built, it will be detrimental to every planned project in the pipeline. It will be pointed to as a reason not to invest in transit. The state's credibility will be severely damaged when people see the poor ridership and final cost of construction.
I have to call you on this. The state is spending 53% of it's budget on Health and Human Services, 18% on education, but only 1.7% on transportation!Bramdeisroberts wrote:BostonUrbEx wrote:If this gets built, it will be detrimental to every planned project in the pipeline. It will be pointed to as a reason not to invest in transit. The state's credibility will be severely damaged when people see the poor ridership and final cost of construction.
Which is why you'll see the Army Corps recommendations abandoned entirely. Eliminate electrification and the swamp causeway, and SCR will become much more cost-sustainable, all while providing the T with more backers outside of 128, which it sorely needs right now. I think there are better uses for the money, but unfortunately, politics is a thing, and satisfying an extremely vocal part of the state that's currently unserved by the T by building a reasonable, cost-controlled extension will ultimately be beneficial in the long run as far as improving the T's image to the whiners outside of Boston.
I wish it wasn't necessary, but we're not New York, and so far, Boston and the state at large have yet to see any leadership with the stones to tell everyone outside 495 to quit bitching about spending money on the T because Boston and Cambridge are the economic life-forces of a state that would otherwise look like southern Michigan without them. What's good for Boston is good for the state, and it's a shame that more people aren't made aware of that, because right now Boston desperately needs all of those major T improvements. Maybe SCR will get them to shut up long enough to push the other improvements through.
Besides, I think people will be too busy talking about the crush-loads that the GLX will be sustaining from opening day (while any real estate within a mile of it doubles in value overnight) to care about SCR.
BandA wrote:Boston and Cambridge are difficult and expensive to get to due to transportation, so large parts of the state could easily live without them. I believe Boston & Cambridge & other urban areas receive a substantial net subsidy. By subsidizing the MBTA we are artificially inflating the real estate values in the Boston/Cambridge area and others served by the T, taking money from workers income tax and giving it to large commercial developers/owners.
GP40MC1118 wrote:The street running and switch to the State Pier is just rehab of existing track. Nothing
new here. The spur at the south end of the main yard is to Maritime Terminal.
As far as extending track to the new South Terminal, have seen nothing concrete on routing
or a green light for this. With no business at the new terminal, why bother when there's
much more to rehab on the line south of Myricks to NB.
Speaking of which, Nash Rd has been rebuilt and stone being dumping north from NB. Wainer
platform being rebuilt.
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