MBTA goes to bid on Assembly Row Orange Line station
Written by jrood
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has submitted a notice to bidders for the construction of a new Orange Line T station for Assembly Row at Assembly Square. The new station at Assembly Row will be the first to be built on the Orange line since the Southwest Corridor Stations in 1987 and will be located between Sullivan Square and Wellington Station. "We are pleased that the MBTA went to bid on construction for the new Orange Line T station in Somerville. This is the latest great step forward in the progress of this project and we look forward to seeing the bids that come back," said Don Briggs, president Federal Realty Investment Trust in Boston. "The vision of Assembly Row at Assembly Square cannot be realized without the Orange Line T station. People from all over the Commonwealth are going to come to Assembly Row to work, shop, live and enjoy the parks and open space. A large number of them will rely on public transportation to get there." Construction of the new T Station could begin as soon as fall of 2011, with the potential to be online in 2014. Undoubtedly Massachusetts' largest development project, Assembly Row at Assembly Square will create more than 19,000 permanent jobs, more than 21,000 construction jobs and significant new revenue for the City of Somerville and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
