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Posted 25 May 2017 - 12:49 PM

MBTA news release, 5/23/17:

GLX Releases Final Request for Proposal for Design-Build Contract


 

BOSTON – The MBTA Green Line Extension (GLX) Project Team has released the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the GLX Design Build (DB) contract to the three shortlisted DB teams that were identified in February of this year. The Final RFP includes an Affordability Limit of $1.319 billion, base scope of work, and “Additive Options.” Additive Options will only be included in the project scope should teams affirm that the Options can be completed within both the Project schedule and the Affordability Limit. Responses to the Final RFP will be submitted by the three DB teams in September 2017.

 

“This step represents another major milestone for GLX as we move closer to the design and build phase of the project,” said Program Manager John Dalton. “The MBTA has been actively engaged in pre-proposal exchanges with the three teams pursuing the design-build contract and looks forward to continuing that technical concept dialogue as each of the teams develops their responses to the Final RFP package being issued today. The base scope remains seven new stations, related track and infrastructure necessary for train service, a vehicle maintenance facility, and multi-use community path. If market conditions allow, Additive Options will be included in the Design Build project scope."

 

If a DB team believes that Additive Options can be included and keep within the MBTA’s cost and schedule for the project, the firm is directed to propose those Additive Options in the following order as prioritized by the MBTA:

  1. Platform canopies.
  2. Additional elevators at select stations.
  3. Public art.
  4. Additional community connection to the community path located on Chester Street in Somerville.
  5. Extension of the community path between East Somerville and Lechmere Stations.
  6. Enhanced Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Somerville. 

The MBTA, in collaboration with stakeholders, established the prioritized list to meet its objectives of enhancing rider experience, community access, and operational improvements.

 

Price proposals for the competing DB teams must not exceed the established Affordability Limit of $1.319 billion, which is in keeping with the total GLX Program budget and is not to exceed $2.3 billion.

For more information on the Green Line Extension Project, please visit the Project’s webpage.

 

 



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Posted 18 July 2017 - 01:32 PM

Statehouse News Service, Boston, MA via MBTA.com:

 
FED $$$ BEGIN TO FLOW INTO MASS. FOR GREEN LINE EXTENSION

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 18, 2017.....The federal government last week made its first payment towards the Green Line Extension project, a transportation initiative that over the years has been the source of headaches associated with delays and cost overruns.

 

The wire transfer of $1.7 million from the Federal Transit Administration came through Friday morning and marks the first installment of federal money towards a project the state has already spent $536 million on, project manager John Dalton said. 

 

Like many of the state's biggest transportation projects -- South Coast Rail and South Station expansion, for instance -- the rail line extension has been in the discussion phase for years but has yet to truly launch.

 

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Posted 24 October 2017 - 06:17 PM

MBTA news release:

 
MBTA Green Line Extension Project Has Received Affordability Limit Certifications from Design Build Teams

 

Posted on October 23, 2017

 

Certification means price proposals will meet or be below $1.319 billion. GLX Community Working Group to be part of the GLX Project.

 

 

BOSTON – The MBTA Green Line Extension (GLX) Project Team has received certifications from two of the three shortlisted GLX Design Build (DB) teams that their upcoming responses to the Final Request for Proposals (RFP) will include price proposals that meet or are below the established Affordability Limit of $1.319 billion. These certifications come as part of the Final RFP and allow the Project to continue into its next phase.

 

"Certification of two of the short-listed Design-Build teams is a significant achievement toward extending the Green Line into Somerville and Medford," said MBTA General Manager Luis Manuel Ramírez. "Certification of the project's affordability ensures the project proposals are competitive, and that it can be built out with the established budget, and brings the vision of Green Line service one major step forward for our customers."

 

In addition to the Affordability Limit, the Final RFP also included a base scope of work and "Additive Options" only to be included in the project scope should teams affirm that the Options can be completed within both the Project schedule and the Affordability Limit. If a DB team believes that Additive Options can be included, the firm will propose those Additive Options in the following order as prioritized by the MBTA:

  1. Platform canopies.
  2. Additional elevators at select stations.
  3. Public art.
  4. Additional community connection to the community path on Chester Street in Somerville.
  5. Extension of the community path between East Somerville and Lechmere Stations.
  6. Enhanced Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Somerville.

While these certifications have been received by the GLX Project Team, actual pricing and the inclusion of any Additive Options will be known at the time of the public pricing opening, which is currently scheduled for Friday, November 17.

 

The GLX Project will also now include a GLX Community Working Group comprised of community representatives, staff from GLX Project Management Team (PMT), and representatives of the DB team in order to provide a collaborative forum for information exchange between the GLX PMT and external stakeholders. Through period meetings, the GLX PMT will advise participating stakeholders about upcoming community impacts associated with construction activities and allow participating stakeholders to provide their feedback prior to upcoming work, helping the MBTA to plan neighborhood and community meetings and to share local topics of interest, concerns, and cooperation. Community members will include representatives from the City of Somerville, the City of Cambridge, the City of Medford, and one community member to be elected by community peers.

 

Learn more about the Green Line Extension Project.

 

 



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Posted 20 November 2017 - 11:35 AM

 

 

Boston taps new contractor for $2B Green Line light-rail extension

 

  • The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has selected a contractor for the reboot of the $2.2 billion Green Line light-rail extension in Boston, according to The Boston Globe.

https://www.construc...tension/511284/


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Posted 21 December 2017 - 01:50 PM

USDOT/FTA news release:

 
U.S. Department of Transportation to Release $100 Million in Grant Funds for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line Extension

 

12/21/2017

 

 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that it will issue $100 million in grant funding to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for its Green Line Extension (GLX) light rail project.

 

The grant represents the first installment of Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program funding for the GLX after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) with MBTA for the 4.7-mile light rail line from Cambridge to Medford.

"Governor Charlie Baker’s commitment to responsibly manage taxpayer dollars in the building of this project was persuasive," said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao. "The region can now look forward to an enhanced transportation network as the Green Line is extended to serve tens of thousands of area residents daily."

 

FTA is providing these funds after MBTA completed a series of reviews to redesign the GLX project to contain costs without sacrificing schedule. MBTA’s strengthened project management team and governance structure, including a Fiscal and Management Control Board created in 2015 by Governor Baker and the Massachusetts Legislature, were critical factors in moving the FFGA grant forward.

"Thanks to the hard work and collaboration of Secretary Chao, State Transportation Secretary Pollack, and the cities of Cambridge, Somerville and Medford, this important project is moving ahead," said Governor Baker. "The Green Line Extension project will provide important public transit service that will have a transformational impact for this region of the Commonwealth to accommodate riders and spur economic growth."

 

The FFGA, signed in 2015, provides $996 million in federal funds toward the $2.3 billion total cost of the GLX.

 

"FTA is proud to support the transportation needs of the greater Boston area by helping to extend rail service into some of its most densely populated communities," said FTA Deputy Administrator K. Jane Williams. "The GLX project will provide improved mobility and expanded transit service to riders traveling throughout the MBTA system."

 

The project adheres to the scope and benefits identified in the FFGA, including six new light rail stations, replacement or rehabilitation of eight bridges, and a new pedestrian/bike path. The GLX is projected to open in January 2022. MBTA is the largest transit provider in New England and the fifth largest in the country based on ridership.

 

 



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Posted 21 December 2017 - 01:51 PM

MBTA news release:

 
Federal Funds Issued for MBTA Green Line Extension Project

 

Posted on December 21, 2017

 

Federal Transit Administration releases first $100 million toward total approved $1 billion for project. T issues "Notice to Proceed" to design-build firm.

 

 

BOSTON — The Federal Transit Administration today informed the MBTA Green Line Extension (GLX) Project Team that it has released the first $100 million installment of the total approved $1 billion in federal funding for the 4.7-mile light rail line from Cambridge to Medford, marking another milestone for the project. With federal funding in place, the MBTA issued the Notice to Proceed to GLX Design-Build team, GLX Constructors. After a sealed price opening last month, GLX Constructors won with its bid, a total of $1.08 billion.

 

"Thanks to the hard work of Secretary Pollack, her team, and the hugely successful collaborative work with Secretary Chao, our federal partners, and the cities of Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford, this important project is moving ahead," said Governor Charlie Baker. "The Green Line Extension project will provide important public transit service that will have a transformational impact for this region of the Commonwealth to accommodate riders and spur economic growth."

 

"Today’s news is the latest positive turn for an important project that was under construction in 2012 but which was buried by cost overruns two years ago," said Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack. "The Baker-Polito Administration hit the pause button, addressed the cost overruns, led the effort to redesign the project to meet the affordability limit, worked with stakeholders, including officials with the Federal Transit Administration, and took other structural steps necessary to give the project new life. This has been a long haul but we are where we need to be with today’s news the Federal Transit Administration acknowledges that the MBTA has the institutional capacity to oversee, manage, and deliver both needed State of Good Repair investments and GLX."

 

"I am very pleased to acknowledge the great efforts of GLX project director John Dalton and his team, who helped make this day a reality," said MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board Chairman Joseph Aiello. "Equally important to getting this project back on track has been the strong leadership and support from Governor Baker and Lt. Governor Polito. I’d also like to express my gratitude to municipal leaders and stakeholders for joining us as partners and advocates that enabled the achievement of this milestone."

 

"We’re pleased to receive this good news as one more in a long list of milestones for this project," said MBTA General Manager Luis Manuel Ramírez. "I want to thank the GLX team for their hard work on this project, community and stakeholder groups for their diligence and collaboration, and Governor Baker, Lieutenant Governor Polito, and Secretary Pollack for their leadership."

 

"I am very pleased that the FTA has formally approved the Green Line Extension’s updated project financing plan, which gives the state access to the $1 billion in previously secured federal funds. With today’s announcement, the environmental, economic, and transit benefits of the GLX are much closer to being realized," said U.S. Representative Michael Capuano.

 

"The importance of this news from the FTA cannot be overstated," said Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone. "For everyone who has been fighting so hard over so many years to see the GLX become a reality, and for the region’s communities that stand to benefit both economically and environmentally from the project’s completion, today marks a key moment. After more than two years of uncertainty about the future of the project, today is the day that the Green Line Extension is officially restarted."

 

"On behalf of the city of Cambridge, I am very pleased that this funding is being granted and that work on the Green Line Extension can now move forward," said Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons. "This investment in our mass transit system is going to pay tremendous dividends in the coming decades, helping to fuel economic growth in this area and to remove some of the traffic congestion that has long been a top concern for our residents. I am grateful to everyone who has worked so hard to help make this happen."

 

"The work of the last two years culminates with the issuance of the Notice to Proceed to our selected design-build team," said Program Manager John Dalton. "The project delivery team will now advance full steam ahead towards making the delivery of Green Line service to Cambridge, Medford, and Somerville a reality. Now the real work begins."

 

Previous milestones for the GLX Project have included:

  • the release of the draft Request for Proposal for the design-build project that included a base scope of work, Additive Options, and an Affordability Limit of $1.319 billion in March 2017;
  • the release of the Final Request for Proposal for the Design-Build Project to three shortlisted design-build teams that included a base scope of work, Additive Options, and an Affordability Limit of $1.319 billion in May 2017;
  • the receipt of Affordability Certifications from two of the three bidding design-build teams that their upcoming responses to the Final Request for Proposals (RFP) would include price proposals that meet or are below the established Affordability Limit of $1.319 billion in October 2017; and
  • the design-build contract awarded to GLX Constructors in the amount of $1.08 billion, which is below the Affordability Limit, for their proposal that included a base scope of work and all Additive Options in November 2017. The Additive Options include platform canopies, additional elevators at select stations, public art, additional community connection to the community path located on Chester Street in Somerville, extension of the community path between East Somerville and Lechmere Stations, and enhanced Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Somerville.

Construction will begin in 2018 with service expected to begin in 2021.

 

Learn more about the Green Line Extension Project.

 

 



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Posted 26 March 2018 - 05:03 PM

​The Boston Globe,​ 3/24/18:

 

First of 24 new Green Line cars has arrived

 

 

After so many years of delay, the MBTA finally has something to show for the Green Line extension.

 

The first of 24 new Green Line cars has arrived in Massachusetts for testing and is expected to join the Green Line fleet this summer, with a second car expected later this spring. More trolleys are expected to arrive through 2018 and 2019, said Jeff Gonneville, the T’s deputy general manager.

 

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Posted 08 May 2018 - 12:39 PM

<p>STV will serve as the lead designer for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority&rsquo;s (MBTA) $1.3 billion Green Line Light Rail Extension. Image: GLXC</p>STV will serve as the lead designer for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) $1.3 billion Green Line Light Rail Extension (GLX). The transportation design firm will be part of the design-build team led by the Fluor Corp./Middlesex Corp./Herzog Contracting Corp./Balfour Beatty joint venture (GLX Constructors).

Construction of the 4.3-mile extension, which will provide the Massachusetts communities of Cambridge, Somerville and Medford with a one-seat ride to downtown Boston, is expected to begin later this year, with revenue service beginning in 2021.

In total, the project also includes the design and construction of a new vehicle maintenance facility, an administration building, a viaduct, six new stations, one relocated station, six bridges, and a community path.

“The three communities where the Green Line Extension project is being constructed have been engaged in this process for nearly 20 years,” said Mark Pelletier, STV VP and Boston office manager. “They are knowledgeable, passionate and excited to have public transportation being made available to them. We look forward to working with them, the MBTA, and the Fluor Middlesex/Herzog/Balfour Beatty team in making this project a reality.”

<p>Construction of the 4.3-mile Green Light Rail extension is expected to begin later this year, with revenue service beginning in 2021. Image: GLXC</p>

The MBTA anticipates a number of benefits for the project, including the reduction of 26,000 regional daily vehicle miles travelled, thereby improving air quality and reducing automobile congestion in the commonwealth. Daily ridership at the seven new GLX stations — which will all be outfitted with amenities that meet or exceed Americans with Disabilities Act standards — is expected to hit 45,000 by 2030. Additionally, all GLX operations will take place within an existing railroad right-of-way, the 3.4-mile Lowell Line and 0.9-mile Fitchburg Line, which minimizes the need to purchase additional ROW.

STV’s role in shaping the GLX marks another major MBTA initiative supported by the firm. One of STV’s earliest projects for the MBTA was the North Station Transportation Improvement Project, where the elevated section of the Green Line’s viaduct was relocated into a tunnel section. In the mid-2000s, STV served as the lead designer for the Greenbush Commuter Rail Restoration project, then the largest design-build project ever undertaken by the MBTA.

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Posted 14 May 2018 - 07:33 PM

Commonwealth Magazine, 5/14/18:

 


Why new Green Line approach makes sense

 

 

FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, the design of Green Line cars has been dictated by the Lechmere Inner Loop, a 42-foot radius curve that has required custom-designed vehicles ever since the T moved beyond World War II era trolleys. This custom design has shackled the T and all Green Line riders to trolley equipment that fails to respond to service reliability and accessibility needs.

 

 

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Posted 25 June 2018 - 09:39 AM

<p>Construction of the MBTA's 4.3-mile Green Light Rail extension is expected to begin later this year, with revenue service beginning in 2021. Image: GLXC</p>The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will issue $250 million in grant funding to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for its Green Line Extension (GLX) light rail project.

The grant represents the second installment of Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program funding for the GLX after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) with MBTA for the 4.7-mile light rail line from Cambridge to Medford.

In December 2017, the MBTA received $100 million in funding for the project.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao and Acting FTA Administrator Jane K. Williams, Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker and Rep. Mike Capuono joined MBTA and MassDOT officials for the announcement.

“The Green Line Extension project will improve mobility and increase access to jobs, schools and medical care for tens of thousands of passengers in the Boston area,” FTA Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams said. “The leadership at the state and MBTA should be commended for making the necessary decisions to ensure this project opens on time and within budget.”

The MBTA GLX project is a 4.7-mile light rail line that will extend existing Green Line service from a relocated Lechmere Station in East Cambridge to College Avenue in Medford and along a spur to Union Square in Somerville, Mass. It will serve some of the region’s most densely populated communities that currently lack access to rail transit. The forecasted ridership on the project is 37,900 daily trips.

The 75,000 residents who live within one-half mile of the stations will connect to 342,000 jobs in Boston and along the corridor.

<p>Geotechnical boring work continues in the future Lechmere Station area for the MBTA's future Green Line light rail extension. Photo: MassDOT</p>

Gov. Baker and the Massachusetts Legislature, have taken appropriate steps to address potential cost overruns and deliver the project within the scope of the grant agreement. To that end, the MBTA cancelled a major construction contract that would have resulted in a 30-50% cost increase and revised the project while maintaining the original scope.

The project currently adheres to the scope and benefits identified in the FFGA, including seven new light rail stations, replacement or rehabilitation of eight bridges, a new maintenance and storage facility, and a new pedestrian/bike path.

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