While the MBTA has released much information about the halted project, some crucial backstory remains unknown. We need new ways to talk about public works.
There is one bright spot in the December “termination for convenience” of the main contracting joint venture on the Boston area’s Green Line Extension light-rail project: No one is pointing fingers at the contractor as the key culprit behind the project’s soaring cost, which currently is $700 million to $1 billion over its roughly $2-billion budget.
Originally constructed in the 1960s, the facility underwent an extensive upgrade to comply with Connecticut’s stringent new statewide nitrogen removal requirements, which are designed to improve water quality in the Long Island Sound.
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