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

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

My guess is that this is a negotiating technique to apply pressure on somebody to cut their price. After all, if they wanted to cancel it, they would (as long as they haven't committed to pay someone to build it). Most likely it's to tell someone "Get reasonable, because we can still cut the whole thing out." whereas as long as the contractor believes that the MBTA can't back out of it, they have no incentive to reduce the price they've quoted.