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Random musings from a Midwesterner in Beantown.
Friday, August 05, 2005
More funding information
More information on the recent funding bill and its impact on Somerville and Boston from Wig Zamore:
The newspapers and citizen advocates have been talking about the transportation bill recently passed by Congress but not yet signed by President Bush. Many others have more information than me. I have looked at various versions of the bill since the House passage a week ago but probably still have not found all of its impacts on Somerville. The best way I have found to track the transportation bills is through Thomas on-line. What I have found on several occasions are high priority "earmarks" for the following:
431. Somerville roadway improvements [presumably Somerville Avenue or Beacon Street] - $2,000,000
792. Study and design I-93 / Mystic Ave. Interchange at Assembly Sq. - $500,000
999. Union Square Roadway and Streetscape Improvements - $500,000
2782. Somerville Bicycle Path Improvements - Cedar Street to Central Street - $1,000,000
I have not found but others have reported $5,000,000 for Lechmere station and/or Green Line extension design/engineering work. I have not found but others have reported several million dollars for multi-modal work at Assembly Square. Preliminary engineering is "authorized" for the Blue Line extension to Lynn, the Urban Ring, the North - South Rail Link and the Green Line extensions to Somerville and Medford.
There is also "authorization" for preliminary work on the Assembly Square Orange Line T-stop as well as separate "authorization" of $25,000,000 for the project itself (under Section 5309 of Title 49 of USC) if it is able to proceed through the steps and qualifications of the Secretary of Transportation (FTA), and the planning and programming processes of the Boston MPO (Sections 5303 through 5305), and if it meets the private investment requirements of Section 5306 of Title 49.
Since it was MVTF that first insisted that the Orange Line, and not the Urban Ring, was the key to unlocking value at Assembly Square, MVTF deserves a full share of the credit. Even the early Cecil plans for Assembly Square stressed the Urban Ring before we turned that around. Obviously, Congressman Capuano deserves a lot of credit. See today's Globe article by Tom Palmer....
The newspapers and citizen advocates have been talking about the transportation bill recently passed by Congress but not yet signed by President Bush. Many others have more information than me. I have looked at various versions of the bill since the House passage a week ago but probably still have not found all of its impacts on Somerville. The best way I have found to track the transportation bills is through Thomas on-line. What I have found on several occasions are high priority "earmarks" for the following:
431. Somerville roadway improvements [presumably Somerville Avenue or Beacon Street] - $2,000,000
792. Study and design I-93 / Mystic Ave. Interchange at Assembly Sq. - $500,000
999. Union Square Roadway and Streetscape Improvements - $500,000
2782. Somerville Bicycle Path Improvements - Cedar Street to Central Street - $1,000,000
I have not found but others have reported $5,000,000 for Lechmere station and/or Green Line extension design/engineering work. I have not found but others have reported several million dollars for multi-modal work at Assembly Square. Preliminary engineering is "authorized" for the Blue Line extension to Lynn, the Urban Ring, the North - South Rail Link and the Green Line extensions to Somerville and Medford.
There is also "authorization" for preliminary work on the Assembly Square Orange Line T-stop as well as separate "authorization" of $25,000,000 for the project itself (under Section 5309 of Title 49 of USC) if it is able to proceed through the steps and qualifications of the Secretary of Transportation (FTA), and the planning and programming processes of the Boston MPO (Sections 5303 through 5305), and if it meets the private investment requirements of Section 5306 of Title 49.
Since it was MVTF that first insisted that the Orange Line, and not the Urban Ring, was the key to unlocking value at Assembly Square, MVTF deserves a full share of the credit. Even the early Cecil plans for Assembly Square stressed the Urban Ring before we turned that around. Obviously, Congressman Capuano deserves a lot of credit. See today's Globe article by Tom Palmer....
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