Articles Tagged with ''Boston''

Interstate-90 reopened to full capacity on Aug. 5.  

Boston transportation officials on May 7 unveiled an estimated $3.5-billion plan for modern Green Line trains that could potentially double the capacity of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled light-rail system.

After three nor’easters pummeled the East Coast this year, architects, engineers and environmental groups are calling for regulators to force building owners to protect their properties from extreme wind, flooding and heat related to climate change and sea level rise. 

An ongoing Boston Green Line track repair program has reduced derailments, but an aggressive maintenance program, improved safety standards and more investment are critical for avoiding more derailments and other system failures, according to a state transportation oversight report.

Contractors in Boston broke ground on Jan. 30 at the long-anticipated, $240-million Fenway Center megadevelopment.

The long-anticipated groundbreaking of the $240 million Fenway Center megadevelopment was on Jan. 30 in Boston.

Massachusetts State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry (D) will become an executive at Boston-based contractor Suffolk. 

Construction crews across Massachusetts are repairing busted water and sewage lines after a massive snowstorm dubbed the “bomb cyclone.” 

A massive snowstorm dubbed the “bomb cyclone” broke Boston’s record for its highest tide ever recorded by the National Weather Service, but fully assessing the storm's damage will take weeks in a region that was plunged into frigid temperatures the day after the Jan. 4 storm.