MBTA Silver Line
| January 11, 2005
| I attended a meeting hosted by Rep. Capuano to update concerned groups on the Silver Line Phase III. I raised our concerns about a potential tunnel entrance on Columbus Avenue between Berkeley and Arlington Streets in the heart of a long standing and serious groundwater depression area. On Jan. 10, the MBTA and their consultants met at our office, at their request, with Tim Mitchell, Gary Saunders, Christian Simonelli, and me to discuss the groundwater issues surrounding the project in more detail. We discussed the information that we would like to see in their environmental filings, including details of how the design would minimize any possibility of leakage, how the public could be assured that the design was not changed, how groundwater levels would be monitored during and after construction, and how to institutionalize agreements to remedy any reduction in groundwater level caused by the project. We also reviewed concerns that the Trust had raised on other MBTA projects and asked that those be answered in a substantive way. |
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