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DOT notes: Big rail projects and small bridges Officials also making efforts to coordinate projects to minimize disruptions JACK SULLIVAN Feb 12, 2018 SOUTH COAST RAIL  project officials said phasing in the new line by running it through Middleboro not only gets the service operating years ahead of time, it gives the line a head start on the full build-out without adding to the projected $3.2 billion cost. In a presentation Monday to a joint meeting of the Department of Transportation board and the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board, James Eng, deputy rail administrator for MassDOT, said the clamor for rail service from Fall River and New Bedford showed there had to be a train to Boston sooner rather than later. “We heard from the public that they want service now from Fall River and New Bedford and they want good service,” Eng told the combined boards. Gov. Charlie Baker last week filed an amended environmental impact report to begin building the proj...

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 02/13/2018 Fare fears | Scam road work | WEEI antics Happening Today Cannabis Control meeting, budget hearing, public records commission -- Boston Mayor  Marty Walsh  will join members of the building trades to announce a new apprenticeship partnership with Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, 75 Malcolm X Boulevard, Boston, 9 a.m. -- The  House and Senate Ways and Mean s committees travel to Worcester for a  budget hearing  on a variety of spending areas, including the Executive Office of Public Safety, the Ethics Commission and the Commission Against Discrimination, Seven Hills Foundation, 81 Hope Ave....