T board OKs train contract "reset"
BOSTON — Lamenting a lack of easy alternatives, MBTA overseers voted Thursday to once again change a contract for new Red and Orange Line trains, agreeing to pay more money
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BOSTON — Lamenting a lack of easy alternatives, MBTA overseers voted Thursday to once again change a contract for new Red and Orange Line trains, agreeing to pay more money
Lamenting a lack of easy alternatives, MBTA overseers voted Thursday to once again change a contract for new Red and Orange Line trains, agreeing to<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/feeling-boxed-in-t-board-oks-train-contract-reset/">Read More</a>
BOSTON — Lamenting a lack of easy alternatives, MBTA overseers voted Thursday to once again change a contract for new Red and Orange Line trains, agreeing to pay more money
Under the updated terms, the MBTA will pay as much as $148 million more to account for higher-than-expected costs linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain disruptions, swelling the total contract value to more than $1 billion.
Six days after the incident that prompted major delays on the Blue, Green and Orange Lines, the MBTA said its power department determined that a joint in the roughly seven-mile long feeder cable was to blame.