Green Line extension project in increasing jeopardy

[keithn.livejournal.com]

There have been two new developments over the last 24 hours, from the Globe:

• Yesterday: State won’t rule out canceling Green Line extension
• Today: Several Green Line extension firms lose T contracts

I'm not seeing much of a reason to be optimistic about the GLX project at this point.

Comments

[elizabeth weinbloom (from livejournal.com)]

Last night at City Hall, there was a public hearing on inclusionary zoning, with most speakers in favor but a few (inc. from mayor's office) noting that increasing the inclusionary zoning rate might freeze housing development. One of the last speakers (it might have been Matt Mclouglin but honestly I don't remember) made the excellent and well-received zing that our big worry about the housing market freezing shouldn't be from increasing the inclusionary zoning rate, but from continued uncertainty over the potential scuttling of the GLX.

Just something to think about.