Green Line extension

Green Line extension construction picking up

More work on the 4.7-mile extension through Somerville into Medford means more traffic disruptions and the closure of Lechmere Station.

Three Somerville bridges closing for Green Line extension work

Drivers, bikers, and pedestrians will face detours around the trio for much of 2019 and 2020.

It looks like the Green Line extension really is a go

There have been false starts before, but a June 25 groundbreaking signals that the 4.7-mile run through Somerville into Medford seems much likelier now.

Construction on Green Line extension could start before end of 2017

The MBTA on November 17 is expected to pick a company to oversee the design and construction of the 4.7-mile extension through Somerville into Medford. With the contract awarded, construction could start before the end of 2017.

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Key federal approval for scaled-back, delayed Green Line extension

The 4.7-mile project was supposed to start opening this year and finish opening in 2020. Also, its seven new stations, including a relocated Lechmere stop, were once supposed to be largely enclosed in somewhat elaborate buildings.

Green Line extension apparently not doomed under Trump

The 4.7-mile extension of the Green Line through Somerville into Medford is an infrastructure priority of the Trump administration. That is at least according to a list of the 50 projects the new administration wants to see get done nationally.

The Green Line extension, always with the holdups

State officials have pushed back the opening date for the seven new stations along the Green Line extension through Somerville until 2021. The delay in turn delays the extension itself, the region’s biggest planned infrastructure project and one of its most joyously anticipated.

Green Line extension spawns its first apt. project

A 42-unit apartment complex that is billing itself as "the first major development along the MBTA Green Line extension" is set to break ground on Monday morning in Medford. The complex, dubbed the Sphere, will have 22 1- BRs and 20 2-BRs.

The Green Line Extension: Expect Delays

Two key state boards on Monday agreed to submit a revised $2.3B plan to the feds to extend the Green Line through Somerville into Medford. The move gives the troubled project new life, but by no means ensures its success.

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