Transportation officials put the estimate of the complete cost of the Big Dig at some $24.3 billion. Now, MBTA officials put the price of fixing the mountain of issues that have plagued the transportation agency at a head-smacking $24.5 billion.
In another new development with big implications for riders, the MBTA’s push to trade near-term headaches for long-term improvements will soon be put to the test on an unprecedented scale. Reduced train speeds associated with safety concerns have plagued riders with sluggish travel for months, and MBTA officials on Nov. 9 announced they now plan to shut down segments of all
MBTA officials have long been sounding the alarm about the poor state of the system’s infrastructure and lamenting years of disinvestment, and on Thursday they<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/sticker-shock-24-5-bil-needed-to-address-mbta-problems/">Read More</a>