GLX track defects: Former Gov. Baker says he was 'never informed'
The Green Line Extension project cost $2.3 billion and was opened in late 2022, while Gov. Charlie Baker was still in office.
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The Green Line Extension project cost $2.3 billion and was opened in late 2022, while Gov. Charlie Baker was still in office.
Half of the Union Square GLX branch and 80% of the Medford branch needs to be fixed, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said Thursday.
Problems with the MBTA’s Green Line Extension are so severe that the agency will need to adjust more than half of the nearly brand-new tracks, officials announced Thursday, a stunning development that reveals construction and oversight failures.
Former Gov. Charlie Baker denied knowing about the problems with the Green Line Extension, which Eng says were first discovered in April 2021.
General Manager Phil Eng is scheduled to "provide an update" on the MBTA's review of what led to the problems that slowed trains to a crawl.