Will Boston’s Olympic Dreams Be Done In by a Garage?
Boston 2024 says no.
Boston 2024 wants to build a pedestrian plaza over MBTA tracks at a proposed Olympic Stadium on Widett Circle in South Boston, but some say it will be too costly, reports The Boston Globe.
Garages are at the center of the problem here — large brown garages. And also train tracks. Some of the garages are where the MBTA repairs one-fifth of its buses. Boston 2024 suggests moving those to a location nearby. However, the Red Line garage proves more difficult to move because of its accompanying tracks.
Boston 2024 proposed building the pedestrian plaza over the tracks that run into the Red Line garage so that train maintenance would be uninterrupted during the Olympic Games.
A plaza could prove quite pricey, Rafael Mares, an attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation, told the Globe. Mares estimated the plaza could double the cost of building the Olympic Stadium, which Boston 2024 estimates will cost between $350 million to $550 million. Boston 2024 strongly disagrees.
Read the full report in The Boston Globe.
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