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The hefty price tag required to bring the agency up to standard does not reflect money that will need to be raised immediately, GM Phil Eng explained, but does reflect the cost of providing a rebuilt and modernized transit agency.
BOSTON — The state's beleaguered public transit system has a growing list of maintenance needs, and a hefty price tag to go along with it.
The spaces will be equipped by the National Guard and managed as temporary shelters.
Families in need of emergency shelter will begin temporarily setting up in conference rooms in a state office building in Boston, an unusual development that<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/mbta-conference-rooms-converted-to-overnight-shelter/">Read More</a>
The move comes after the state shelter system exceeded Gov. Maura Healey's self-imposed 7,500-family cap earlier this month.