Somerville, Mass., hoping to recover money it put up to save Green Line Extension project
Somerville officials hope to get money back now that the Green Line Extension project is healthy.
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Back in 2016 it was called “an extreme and unprecedented arrangement for a state infrastructure project.” Today, however, the city of Somerville, Mass., might be getting its money back.
Five years ago Somerville and Cambridge committed $50 million and $25 million, respectively, to keep the Green Line Extension project on its feet. Cost overruns almost killed the project, but for Somerville and Cambridge it was too big to fail. Cambridge City Manager Richard Rossi and Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone said even though their cities were not to blame for the cost overruns, the line was important enough to try to save. They called the situation, “an extreme and unprecedented arrangement for a state infrastructure project.”