GLX to come in under budget, opening slightly delayed
MBTA OFFICIALS say the $2.3 billion project extending the Green Line into Somerville and Medford will come in under budget and be finished slightly later than expected, with the Union Square branch opening in December instead of October and the opening of the Medford branch pushed back from December to May 2022.
John Dalton, the manager of the project, said it is 80 percent complete. While some construction risks remain, the ever-cautious Dalton indicated they are manageable, particularly in the wake of the Fiscal and Management Control Board’s approval on Monday of an $80 million settlement with the construction team to cover COVID-19 delays and supply chain hiccups.
MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak had good news for Somerville and Cambridge, telling the two communities that they won’t have to put any more money into the project and will likely get back all the money they have contributed so far. Somerville offered to provide $50 million and Cambridge $25 million when the project was in danger of collapsing.
“GLX is in a very solid financial position,” said Dalton, using the T’s abbreviation for the project.
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