Governor Maura Healey spoke Monday on the sweeping monitor points within the Green Line Extension undertaking, once more calling out “poor judgement” of officers overseeing the undertaking and insisting the company is now staffed with officers who take their “responsibility seriously.”
“What’s important is that it was not disclosed, and it was not addressed,” Healey stated, when requested for updates how the problems weren’t disclosed. … “Under the prior administration senior management at the T, for whatever poor judgment, made the decision not to disclose identified failures and then made the poor decision not to address those failures prior to the opening of the Green Line extension.”
MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng introduced final week that enormous sections of the GLX tracks had been constructed too slender — and officers inside the MBTA knew concerning the issues all through the method.
Narrow tracks all through half of the Union Square department and 80% of the Medford-Tufts department of the Green Line would require repairs however are at the moment protected for riders, Eng stated beforehand. The GM famous repairs will probably be paid for by the contractors and never taxpayer-funded.
The undertaking was accomplished and opened below the Baker administration earlier than Healey took workplace and Eng was appointed.
In remarks Monday, Healey once more praised Eng for shortly bringing the problems to her administration’s consideration as he uncovered them.
“We’ve been transparent with the public about not only the disclosures and the failure to disclose, but also the fixes,” Healey stated. “And I’m confident that General Manager Eng, as he has at every turn so far in his tenure, will make sure those issues are addressed and remedied.”
Repair work is already “underway,” she added.
Asked if her administration anticipates discovering every other points beforehand lined up, Healey stated it’s “hard to speak to what you know you don’t know about.”
The governor famous although, that the administration has already taken steps like creating a brand new Chief Safety Officer place and elevated staffing by round 1,000 workers — tackling uncared for repairs, normal upkeep and primary operations.
“I will say this, that every effort has been made to make sure that with this administration we have a team in place that understands its responsibility and takes that responsibility seriously,” Healey stated.
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