The Green Line Extension to Medford now has a set opening date — a pair months delayed and properly after the theoretical finish of the Orange Line closure, which now will overlap nearly completely with a brand new shutdown of the present GLX department.
The T mentioned in a information launch Friday that the Green Line Extension, or GLX, “Phase 2” department via Sommerville to Tufts in Medford “is anticipated to open in late November 2022.”
The Herald reported Thursday that the T wasn’t saying when the spike to Medford will open even because the instantly introduced Orange Line closure loomed. The T had been saying “late summer” for the Medford department, so that is one other delay for a venture that’s had a number of.
The T additionally introduced that the shorter “Phase 1” department of the GLX to Somerville’s Union Square, for which stations opened in March, will now shut down and get replaced with shuttle buses from Aug. 22 via Sept. 18.
Those dates may ring a bell as a result of they’re close to similar to the Orange Line closure introduced Wednesday. That will run from Aug. 19 via Sept. 19, additionally north of Boston.
“The opening date of the Medford Branch has been shifted from its previous target date of late summer 2022 to late November 2022 due to a number of contributing factors, including necessary additional work and re-testing of the Medford Branch’s power systems,” the T mentioned. “Much of the work to be performed during the diversion in service from August 22 to September 18 is tied to the opening of the Medford Branch, including the advancement of final-phase construction elements on the GLX project and the East Cambridge Viaduct.”
The T additionally blamed the Government Center storage development points and the brand new federal directives for MBTA security following a number of outstanding incidents for the delay.
This comes throughout a tough time for the T, just some weeks after an Orange Line prepare burst into flames on a bridge over the Mystic River, sending folks leaping from home windows and a rogue Red Line prepare automobile wandered away by itself close to the Braintree T station. It’s additionally only a day after a T bus started belching fireplace on the Arborway in Boston, injuring two staff.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”