MBTA officials are continuing to discover structural issues with JFK/UMass station, a key transit hub located in Dorchester’s Columbia-Savin Hill neighborhood. They've also discovered similar issues at the Savin Hill MBTA station.
The wife of David Jones, the Boston University professor who died after falling through missing steps on a rickety stairway next to the JFK/UMass T stop, today formally blamed the MBTA and MassDOT for his death, in a lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court. In her suit, on behalf of herself and their three children, Sarah Sacuto of Milton says the T and the state let the
$2.2m purse to help with prep work Moakley Park, the waterfront space connecting Dorchester and South Boston, is set to receive a $2.2 million infusion as part of federal, state and local efforts to mitigate the effects of rising sea levels and other climate change impacts. With Carson Beach as a backdrop, Mayor Michelle Wu joined US Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey,
“Moakley Park is the first climate resiliency project heading to ‘final design’ that involves city-state collaboration from the very beginning,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said.
Longer wait times for subway trains and shiny new train cars taken out of service. Those are two of the major issues facing the MBTA as the public transit agency faces inquiries from state lawmakers and federal officials. Add another thing that’s affecting riders to the list: Stairs were recently closed off at JFK/UMass Station, which serves the Red Line, three commuter rail