About This ProjectGreen Line Extension Project
The Green Line Extension project is an initiative of the Executive Office of Transportation, which is coordinating the project with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The project will extend existing MBTA Green Line service from Lechmere Station through the northwest Boston corridor communities of Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford, with an extension of the main line to College Avenue in Medford and a spur line to Union Square in Somerville. The project will increase mobility, encourage public transit usage, improve regional air quality, ensure a more equitable distribution of transit services, and support opportunities for sustainable growth in the corridor municipalities.
The Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment(DEIR/EA) for the project was filed with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) on October 15, 2009. It is now available online. Click here to download the document. The Fall 2009 Project Fact Sheet which includes a guide to the DEIR/EA document and process is available here for download.
Copies of the DEIR/EA are also available in libraries in the Green Line Extension communities:
- State Library of Massachusetts
- State Transportation Library
- Somerville Public Library – Central Library
- Somerville Public Library – East Branch
- Somerville Public Library – West Branch
- Cambridge Public Library – Boudreau Branch
- Cambridge Public Library – Central Square Branch
- Cambridge Public Library – Main Branch
- Cambridge Public Library – O'Connell Branch
- Cambridge Public Library – O'Neill Branch
- Cambridge Public Library – Valente Branch
- Medford Public Library
Copies are also available by request from Regan Checchio by phone at 617-357-5772 x 14 or by email.
A Public Hearing on the DEIR/EA was held on November 18, 2009 at Somerville High School. Members of the public, agency representatives, and other project stakeholders attended the hearing and made comments on the project. A copy of the presentation is available for download here. The meeting transcript is also available for download here.
Information on additional Green Line Extension maintenance and storage facility analysis can be found here. A public meeting on this analysis was held on December 16, 2009. A copy of the meeting presentation is available here.
The MEPA Office's comment period ended on January 8, 2010. A Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the DEIR was issued on January 15, 2010. It is available for download here. A complete list of commenters and copies of all the comment letters submitted to the MEPA Office are available here.
WHAT'S NEW?
The Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the DEIR has been posted here. Comment letters on the DEIR have been posted here.
The Noise and Vibration Technical Report is now available. Please click here to download.
Please check the CALENDAR for details about upcoming meetings.
If you need any special accommodation – either for meetings or the format of project materials – please contact Regan Checchio by email or phone at 617-357-5772 x14.
TTY: 617-973-7306.
The Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the DEIR has been posted here. Comment letters on the DEIR have been posted here.
The Noise and Vibration Technical Report is now available. Please click here to download.
Please check the CALENDAR for details about upcoming meetings.
If you need any special accommodation – either for meetings or the format of project materials – please contact Regan Checchio by email or phone at 617-357-5772 x14.
TTY: 617-973-7306.
