Hot mic moment reflects contentiousness of I-90 project @globeopinion.bsky.social

A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars for its design work on the Allston Multimodal Project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday.
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Designers’ Tempers Fray As Major Issues Remain Unresolved for #Allston I-90 Project
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Public meeting to discuss rail infrastructure and bus concourse for the I-90 #Allston Multimodal Project
Jan 31, 1pm
Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"there’s no particular operational reason why new [train storage] space necessarily needs to be in #Allston specifically, and Amtrak is open to other options"
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Today in @globeopinion.bsky.social "Amtrak needs space for its trains. Widett Circle, not #Allston, is the best option" www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/16/o...

Today from @globeopinion.bsky.social - When the Mass Pike viaduct comes down in #Allston, what will go up? - If you haven’t been following the torturous journey of the Allston Interchange Project over the last decade...

Cost estimates from MassDOT for the #Allston Multimodal Project (Pike reconstruction)
$130M for a diesel train storage yard
$150M to rebuild Cambridge St between Harvard Ave and Lincoln St

A couple glimpses of what the MassDOT planning team is dreaming up for the new #Allston neighborhood. We think it could be better!

Amidst growing uncertainties about the financing and design of its Allston I-90 highway realignment megaproject, #MassDOT suggests spending $250M on a smaller "early action" project focused on improvements around the Cambridge St. bridge:

mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/05/a...

Welcome back to MassDOT Luisa Paiewonsky! We look forward to working together and having the Allston Multimodal Project benefit from your leadership as head of the newly created Office of Megaproject Delivery.

scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/12062024

This is a good op-ed on a baffling turn in a project that has been a decade in making in my old neighborhood in Boston.
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“This decision jeopardizes progress on the Allston Multimodal Project at a critical point in time and, if finalized, will have serious negative environmental impacts on the Allston neighborhood,” @lizbreadon.bsky.social wrote in a statement, saying she was “disappointed.”

"It's a dramatic reversal, and this decision was made behind closed doors, with zero communication with the task force or any of the other stakeholders"

TY for your support @wutrain.bsky.social "the administration is disappointed to see the proposed inclusion of a train layover yard and bypass tracks in the Allston project, saying “they would significantly compromise our shared commitment to build housing and reconnect the . . . neighborhood.”

Still hoping that eventually this will come true, despite the recent setbacks