AT THE GREEN LINE EXTENSION.
>> SO THIS IS REALLY THE
FOOTPRINT OF THE NEW LECHEMERE
STATION
>> THE JUXTAPOSITION OF OLD AND
NEW. SITTING ON EITHER SIDE OF
MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HIGHWAY IN
CAMBRIDGE.
RELOCATING THE CURRENT LECHEMERE
STATION A KEY PART OF THE
MASSIVE PROJECT KNOWN AS THE
GREEN LINE EXTENSION.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS
WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT IS
GOING ON AND THERE’S A LOT OF
MOVEMENT GOING ON. OH YEAH, I
MEAN IT CHANGES BY THE HOUR.
>> PROJECT MANAGER JOHN DALTON
GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE EFFORTS
UNDERWAY TO CONNECT CAMBRIDGE,
SOMERVILLE AND MEDFORD WITH 4.7
MILES OF NEW RAIL.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE MORE THAN 2
BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS NOW
ALMOST 20 PERCENT COMPLETE.
>> WE’RE WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK IN A LOT OF LOCATIONS
>> YOU CAN SEE THE WORK THAT’S
BEING DONE. 9 MONTHS AGO NONE OF
THIS WAS HERE AND IN THAT TIME
CREWS HAVE BUILT THIS ELEVATED
STRUCTURE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY
BECOME PART OF THE GREEN LINE
EXTENSION
>> HE SAYS THE PLAN AIMS TO
MITIGATE NOISE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE BUT MOVING EQUIPMENT,
MATERIAL AND PEOPLE AROUND DAY
IN AND DAY OUT HAS BECOME QUITE
NOISY AND DISRUPTIVE TO PEOPLE
LIVING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
>> I DONT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY
FROM THE INCONVENIENCES PEOPLE
HAVE FELT FROM THIS PROJECT I
MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE’VE CLOSED 3
MAJOR BRIDGES IN THIS AREA, THAT
OBVIOUSLY IMPACTS TRAFFIC.
>> DALTON SAYS THE PLAN AIMS TO
MITIGATE NOISE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
AND OVERALL THE T SAYS THIS IS
SHORT TERM PAIN FOR LONG TERM
GAIN.
AN ADDITIONAL 6 STATIONS
ALLOWING
PASSENGER SERVICE SET TO START
IN THE SPRING OF 2021.
>> IT’S REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD ACCESS
TO RAIL TRANSIT WILL HAVE ACCESS
TO IT AND THATS A GAME CHANGER
FOR PEOPLE’S QUALITY OF LIFE
>> IN SOMERVILLE, KATIE THOMPSON
WCVB
