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From YouTube: MBTA Green Line Extension Grand Opening - 3/21/2022
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Mayor Wu joined Governor Baker, Representative Pressley, Senators Warren and Markey and other municipal, state, and federal representatives to commemorate the extension of the MBTA Green Line to Union Square.
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I
want
to
thank
current
massdot
secretary,
jamie
tesler,
former
massdot
secretary
now
federal
highway,
deputy
administrator
stephanie
and
fmcd
chair
joe
aiello,
as
well
as
my
other
colleagues.
I
served
with
on
the
fmcb
for
their
leadership
and
guidance
as
we
reconsidered
glx
and
got
the
project
done.
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A
Want
to
thank
our
friends
at
the
federal
transit
authority
for
their
hard
work.
Their
contributions
want
to
express
my
thanks
to
administrator
fernandez
for
joining
us
today,
as
well
as
regional
administrator,
pete
butler
and
his
predecessor,
mary
beth
mello.
Thank
you
all
for
this
critical
support.
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This
really
represents,
I
know
so.
Many
of
you
have
played
such
critical
roles
in
this.
This
represents
the
cube
the
culmination
of
years
of
really
difficult
work,
both
on
the
policy
side,
on
the
funding
side
and
on
the
construction
side.
And
now
what
do
we
end
up
with?
We
end
up
with
a
brand
new
station
here
in
lychmere,
replacing
what
you
see
across
the
street,
which
was
over
100
years
old.
A
We
also
want
to
thank
divco
the
developers
of
the
cambridge
crossing
development-
that
is
just
adjacent
here,
particularly
mark
johnson,
from
divco
who's
also
joining
us
here
today,
beyond
leachmere
station.
You
also
have
union
square
station
a
completely
brand
new
station
serving
one
of
somerville's
busiest
neighborhoods.
And
again
it's
got
the
same
thing:
it's
accessible
it
can.
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D
I
want
to
thank
mayor
curtitone
for
your
ability
to
work
with
the
community
stakeholders
on
all
sides
having
different
issues
to
bring
to
it,
but
really
focusing
on
getting
this
task
done,
and
I
want
to
thank
our
then
secretary,
stephanie
being
as
innovative
and
creative
as
she
is
to
literally
pull
everyone
together,
help
us
get
this
project
to
a
place
that
would
meet
its
objectives
and
also
meet
the
goal
of
the
completion
of
this
project.
It's
great
to
have
you
here
in
your
current
role
as
well,
and
then,
of
course,
it
takes.
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And
then
it
takes
a
leader
of
the
band
to
literally
say:
okay,
let's
strike
up
the
cord,
and
that,
of
course,
is
governor
baker.
Who
made
this
a
priority
and
said
we
got
to
get
this
done
so
to
all
of
you.
Thank
you
not
only
for
the
commonwealth,
but
for
the
communities
who
will
benefit
and
mostly
for
the
commuters
and
residents
who
will
have
access
to
a
whole
lot
more
opportunity
because
of
the
ability
to
get
the
job
done.
Congratulations
to
all
of
you
today.
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E
When
I
first
learned
about
the
green
line,
it
was
because
it
was
already
something
that
mayor
curtis
and
particularly
mike
capuano,
had
worked
on
and
pushed
for.
I
was
a
candidate
for
senate
in
2012
when
mike
capuano
said
to
me
someone's
going
to
have
to
push
this
and
take
the
lead
in
the
senate,
and
that's
what
I
started
doing
in
2013.
It
was
both
mike
capuano,
and
I
also
want
to
give
big
thanks
to
governor
deval,
patrick,
who
was
a
big
part
of
pushing
this
forward.
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E
E
It
is
our
responsibility
to
repair
and
maintain
systems
like
fatigue,
but
it
is
also
our
duty
to
expand
infrastructure
to
underserved
communities,
because
infrastructure
is
also
about
justice.
The
city
of
somerville
is
the
most
densely
populated
city
in
new
england,
but
until
today,
most
of
its
residents
have
had
no
access
to
rail
transit.
E
The
same
filth
that
causes
climate
change
around
the
globe
also
creates
serious
public
health
problems,
locally
problems
that
hit
disproportionately
in
black
and
brown
communities
fixed
rail
is
fast
and
reliable,
and
it
dramatically
cuts
down
on
pollution
and
when
it
is
done
right,
infrastructure
projects
like
this.
Let
us
tackle
environmental
justice
head
on
transit.
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E
This
is
a
great
celebration
today,
but
we
need
more
celebrations
in
the
future.
A
few
months
ago,
congress
passed
the
infrastructure
bill
and
now
9
billion
is
headed
to
our
commonwealth.
This
money
will
let
us
build
roads
and
bridges.
It
will
permit
us
to
replace
diesel
buses
with
electric
buses,
but
it
also
gives
us
the
chance
the
chance
to
build
more
fixed
rail
projects
like
this
one
transit
projects,
like
the
t,
east-west
rail
and
new
commuter
lines,
all
require
vision
and
extraordinary
persistence.
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E
E
F
Thank
you,
elizabeth
for
everything
you
do
every
single
day
on
the
floor
of
the
united
states
senate
for
the
people
of
massachusetts
and
our
country
to
congresswoman
clark
and
ayanna
presley.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do
being
a
voice
for
of
the
people
to
maria
fernandez,
our
fta
administrator.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
to
jamie
tesla,
the
transportation
secretary
to
stephanie,
who
has
been
here
since
the
beginning,
pat
jalen
mayor,
tatiana,
valentine.
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F
G
F
The
funding
to
make
sure
that
we
would
have
this
project
and
mayor
tony,
thank
you
for
partnering,
historically
with
with
mike
right
up
to
right
up
to
may
valentine
today
to
finish
this
project.
We're
in
cambridge
boston
is
right
there,
the
red
brick
building
is
somerville,
so
this
is
regional
planning
as
well.
This
is
an
incredible
vision
for
what
can
happen
in
the
future,
but
of
course,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
do
development
without
displacement.
F
The
green
in
the
green
line
is
a
money
line.
This
station
will
connect
workers
to
jobs,
to
businesses
and
communities
to
the
larger
regional
economy,
and
it
will
also
significantly
reduce
vehicle
trips
and
fossil
fuel
emissions,
which
benefits
the
environment
while
relieving
traffic
congestion
and
providing
new
transportation
options
in
historically
underserved
areas.
Public
transit
projects,
like
the
green
line
extension,
are
critical
for
the
green
new
deal
to
become
a
reality
in
eastern
massachusetts
and
all
across
the
commonwealth,
and
the
opening
of
union
station
is
only
the
beginning.
F
Five
more
stations
will
open
soon
linking
thousands
of
residents
in
medford
and
somerville
and
cambridge
to
downtown
boston.
We
have
a
vision
that
is
going
to
transform
the
way
in
which
people
travel
by
2030
50
000
passengers
are
going
to
be
expected
to
use
these
new
stations
delivering
enormous
economic,
environmental
and
community
benefits
to
the
region.
I
know
how
important
this
project
is
to
the
residents
of
somerville
medford
and
cambridge
and
our
surrounding
communities.
F
That
is
why
I
have
fought
so
hard
to
deliver
money
from
the
from
the
federal
government
partnering
with
elizabeth
warren
and
congresswoman
clark
and
presley,
and
we
worked
hard
to
secure
nearly
one
billion
dollars
in
federal
funding
to
support
the
green
line
extension
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
fight
to
secure
additional
federal
dollars
from
the
nine
billion
dollars
which
was
passed
as
part
of
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
package
last
year.
This
transformative
package
contains
key
funding
and
policies
that
can
modernize
the
country's
fiscal
infrastructure
for
the
21st
century
across
the
commonwealth
and
the
country.
F
The
infrastructure
law
will
enhance
safety,
promote
equity,
increase
funding
for
passenger
rail,
public
transit
bridges,
roads,
clean
water
and
broadband.
The
package
also
contains
important
down
payments
to
help
correct
the
historic
injustices
committed
against
low-income,
neighborhoods
and
communities
of
color.
When
we
first
built
our
highway
and
transit
systems
in
this
country.
F
In
total,
massachusetts
will
receive
more
than
nine
billion
dollars
from
this
law
over
the
next
five
years
and
with
every
infrastructure
investment,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
create
good-paying
jobs,
spur
economic
growth
across
massachusetts.
This
is
a
once-in-a-generation
opportunity
to
make
our
cities
and
towns
greener,
cleaner
and
more
equitable.
F
As
that
infrastructure
money
begins
to
flow
into
our
commonwealth.
The
green
line
extension
serves
as
a
shining
example
of
the
type
of
infrastructure
improvement
we
must
make
in
the
21st
century.
I
want
to
thank
once
again
everyone
who
played
a
role-
and
we
have
not
finished
this
until
you
can
go
from
tufts
university,
madam
mayor
brianna,
all
the
way
to
downtown
boston.
That
is
a
vision
worth
fighting
for
worth
funding.
Thank
you
all.
So
much
all
of
you.
E
B
D
E
E
Thank
you
steve.
Just
it's
wonderful
to
be
here
to
celebrate
with
all
of
you
today,
the
opening
of
union
square
station
and
the
continued
green
line
extension
project.
It
is
wonderful
to
share
this
day
as
well
with
so
many
vigilant,
passionate
transit
champions
who
have
played
a
part
in
making
this
moment
happen
and
bringing
us
all
together,
and
I
know
we're
all
thrilled
to
see
the
station
open
and
already
operating
as
of
this
morning
to
serve
the
residents,
the
visitors
and
the
workers
of
somerville
and
the
commonwealth.
E
E
By
public
transit
that
is
going
to
connect
folks
to
jobs,
to
food,
to
health
care
and
other
critical
resources.
Now
I
grew
up
raised
in
a
single
parent
household.
I
relied
on
public
transportation
throughout
my
life.
I
know
firsthand
just
how
game
changing
it
is
to
have
these
options
available
to
you
and
how
challenging
it
is
for
folks
to
get
by
without
it
in
the
massachusetts
7th
and
throughout
our
common
world.
Transit
justice
is
an
issue
of
consequence
for
our
families
accessing
medical
care
getting
to
work
on
time.
E
And
so
this
is
also
about
connecting
to
neighbors
of
breaking
down
barriers,
building
community
connection
to
arts
and
culture,
to
the
real
verve
and
life
of
a
city,
and
that
matters
too.
And
that's
also
what
this
makes
possible.
And
then,
as
we've
so
often
spoken
to
today,
transit
is
intersectional
to
everything
else.
E
Spoke
to
and
just
providing
that
contextual
history
here
for
year,
trans
for
many
years,
transportation,
assistance
in
the
commonwealth
and
across
our
country
have
perpetuated
disparities,
forcing
many
of
our
low-income
neighbors
to
pay
more
to
endure
long
commutes
to
lose
out
on
pay
and
family
time.
Access
to
safe,
reliable
and
inclusive
modes
of
transportation
are
a
matter
of
social
justice.
E
Now,
just
last
week,
the
u.s
census
bureau
released
data
showing
that
folks
in
massachusetts
have
the
fourth
longest
commute
times
in
the
country
and
the
third
highest
use
of
public
transportation.
So
the
green
line
extension
project
will
support
50
000
passenger
trips
per
day
once
completed,
so
the
need
is
here.
I
need
to
continue
expanding
these
transit
transit
options
that
our
neighbors
have
been
calling
on
that
will
improve
their
lives
and
the
benefit
of
our
communities.
At
the
same
time,
again,
congratulations
to
everyone.
E
E
A
Thank
you,
congresswoman.
The
partnership
I
talked
about
at
the
federal
level
includes
not
just
our
legislative
partners,
but
also
in
the
executive
branch.
This
project
was
budgeted
at
2.3
billion
dollars.
It
benefited
from
a
billion
dollars
from
the
fta,
which
I
think
is
worth
a
round
of
applause.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
H
I
can't
tell
you
how
excited
not
only
I
am,
but
everyone
is
in
washington
and
the
federal
transit
administration
to
have
been
not
only
a
partner
with
you
throughout
all
the
years,
but
to
be
able
to
have
me
stand
here
with
you
to
celebrate
right
here
in
cambridge
as
you
cut
the
ribbon
for
the
green
line.
Extension.
H
A
very
special
thanks
to
governor
baker,
governor
polito,
senator
markey
and
senator
warren
thank
congresswoman,
presley
and
congresswoman
clark
because
of
our
members
in
congress.
We
are
able
to
do
this
and
we
want
to
do
more.
Thank
you
because
without
you,
it's
difficult
to
get
the
funding
we
need
advocates
and
we
need
to
continue
pushing
for
more
funding.
I
also
want
to
talking
about
speaking
about
advocates
for
transit
mayor
valentine,
mayor
siddiqui,
everyone
who
has
contributed.
H
I
want
to
pay
special
tribute
to
state
senator
pat
yalen
and
former
elected
officials
like
mayor
cortoni
and
congressman
capuano,
who
have
been
mentioned
many
times
here
today.
You
made
it
possible
for
us
to
be
here
also,
of
course,
to
the
mbta
staff,
john
dalton
bolton
and
the
leadership
all
the
construction
workers,
the
engineers
that
made
this
project
possible,
and
I
also
want
to
make
special
mention
to
my
colleague,
stephanie
pollock
stephanie-
was
here
as
secretary
of
transportation.
H
She
did
burn
the
midnight
oil
negotiating
to
the
finest
details
so
that
this
project
could
happen
because
all
of
you
who've
been
following
this
for
years-
know
that
it
really
did
take
a
village
to
get
us
here
and
that
village
will
continue
relying
on
secretary
tesler
for
his
leadership
as
you
move
forward,
there's
so
many
more
names
that
I
could
be
calling
on.
But
you
know
who
you
are,
and
you
know
how
important
public
transportation
is.
It
is
really
that
lifeline.
It
is
that
backbone.
H
H
It
levels
the
playing
field,
it's
an
equalizer
and
that's
what
we
are
believers
in
is
to
making
sure
that
everyone
can
enjoy
and
celebrate
in
these
types
of
infrastructure,
investments,
steve
you
and
your
mbta
team
did
yeoman's
work
to
complete
this
project
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic
and
supply
chain
challenges.
So
congratulations
to
all
of
you
on
a
job
well
done.
H
So
many
people
from
the
governors
all
the
way
to
those
who
all
clapping
here
today
have
been
essential
to
making
this
possible.
What
this
line
will
mean
to
communities
is
very
obvious.
You
see
the
development
happening.
You
see
the
excitement
about
people
being
able
to
walk
and
get
on
a
system
that
can
get
them
to
where
they
want
to
go
quickly.
H
H
This
is
remarkable,
it's
remarkable
because
in
an
era
pandemic,
when
we're
all
wondering
is
the
economy
going
to
bounce
back?
All
you
have
to
do
is
stand
here,
stand
there
and
look
around
and
it
is
coming
back,
but
I,
but
it
really
takes
all
of
you
to
continue
to
help
the
economy
grow,
to
continue
to
be
part
of
projects
and
support
projects
like
this.
The
bipartisan
folk
social
law
is
providing
over
a
hundred
billion
dollars
for
public
transportation
over
five
years.
There's
going
to
be
opportunities
for
many
many
more
projects
throughout
this
community.
H
I
want
to
just
take
this
time
to
also
recognize
that,
even
though
I
heard
the
1928,
which
makes
it
almost
a
century
since
you
all
were
dreaming
about
this,
there's
nothing
wrong
to
dream,
but
what
we
have
to
do
is
come
together
in
partnership
to
make
these
things
happen,
because
there's
no
better
time
than
now.
Congratulations.
A
Thank
you
administrator.
The
t
functions
within
a
broader
transportation
system
in
a
broader
transportation
context
in
massachusetts,
and
we
work
very
closely
with
our
partners
in
massdot.
Who've
been
amazing
in
terms
of
their
support
not
only
of
this
project
but
all
of
the
construction
projects
we
undertake.
So
I'd
like
to
invite
massdot
secretary
jamie
tesla
to
speak.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you
steve.
It's
wonderful
to
be
here
today
and
I'm
gonna.
Just
briefly
add
a
few
words
to
many
that
the
many
things
that
have
already
been
said
and
the
many
people
have
been
thanked.
But
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
the
entire
mbta
team,
many
of
whom
have
done
the
hard
work
to
deliver
this
today
and
our
partners
on
the
design.
Build
team.
I
Who've
done
the
hard
work
and
are
doing
the
hard
work
to
finish
this
job
in
construction,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
glx
team
in
particular,
and
our
team
leader
john
dalton,
for
the
work
you've
done
day
to
day
to
deliver
this
project.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
team
at
massdot
who
has
been
alongside
this
project
and
this
work
from
the
very
beginning.
I
But
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
amplify
some
remarks
that
were
said
earlier
about
a
particular
moment
in
time
a
few
years
ago,
when
this
project
faced
real
challenges
in
costs
and
at
that
time,
governor
baker,
lieutenant
governor
former
secretary
pollock,
now
deputy
administrator
led
us
to
rethink
reimagine
and
to
rejuvenate
this
project.
So
we
could
be
here
today
and
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
leadership
at
that
difficult
moment,
and
all
that
we
learned
as
part
of
that
team.
I
I
At
that
time,
we
we
got
to
work
shaved,
several
hundred
million
dollars
off
the
cost
of
the
initial
plan
plans
for
this
project.
We
worked
together,
collaborating
with
our
municipal
leaders
in
somerville,
cambridge
and
community
residents,
to
get
this
project
going
and
to
get
work
at
building
to
get
to
work
at
building
it
and
there's
a
lot.
A
lot
of
excitement
today
and
there
should
be-
and
this
certainly
is
a
shining
example
of
what
the
mbta
can
do.
I
I
Just
to
make
the
point,
and
by
way
of
example,
in
2014,
the
amputee's
capital
investment
was
only
600
million
dollars.
The
t
is
evolving
every
single
day
and
as
part
of
its
eight
billion
dollar
five-year
capital
investment
program,
we
are
renovating
stations,
modernizing
fare
collection
systems
and
upgrading
services
for
our
buses
subways
and
ferries,
and
improving
the
accessibility
of
the
entire
system.
So,
as
we
celebrate
today's
important
milestone,
I
can
state
that
the
best
still
lies
ahead
based
upon
the
work
we're
doing
to
improve
the
core
infrastructure
in
massachusetts.
E
While
that
did
not
happen.
December
of
2014
did
mark
a
critical
milestone
for
the
project,
with
the
signing
of
a
full
funding
grant
agreement
between
the
federal
transit
administration
and
then
governor,
deval,
patrick.
So
when
I
became
secretary
of
what
by
then,
it
turned
into
massdot
in
early
2015,
I
assumed
we
all
assumed
the
project
was
finally
truly
back
on
track.
E
Unfortunately,
as
comedian
will
rogers
once
said,
even
if
you're
on
the
right
track,
you'll
get
run
over.
If
you
just
sit
there,
the
getting
run
over
park
began
the
day
that
the
late
and
lamented
frank
de
paula
came
in
and
told
me
that
the
contractor's
guaranteed
maximum
price
for
the
project
had
come
in
nowhere
near
what
had
been
expected
and
that
our
two
billion
dollar
project.
E
What
happened
next?
What
governor
baker
rightly
referred
to
as
the
hair
on
fire
period
is
only
one
chapter
in
the
long
and
complicated
history
of
the
green
line
extension.
But
it's
important
to
talk
about
today,
because
it
is
a
tale
of
what
happens
when
all
levels
of
government
and
the
broader
community
are
committed
to
make
something
happen
and
find
a
way
to
work
together,
even
when
they
can't
agree
on
everything,
as
always
I'll
start
with
governor
baker.
E
E
Next
was
our
partners
at
the
federal
transit
administration,
which
could
have
written
off
glx
as
a
capital
investment
gonna
ride.
But
never
did
the
team
at
fta
here
in
boston
then
led
by
mary
beth
mello
now
by
pete
butler,
along
with
jane
williams,
matt,
welbus
and
lucy
gary
lucas
at
headquarters,
where
the
best
partners
you
could
ask
for
together,
we
worked
through
the
project
risks
and
how
to
mitigate
them.
E
I
also
can't
leave
out
the
advocacy
and
community
and
transit
in
environmental
groups
who
never
let
those
of
us
in
government
forget
what
this
project
was
about
and
what
we
owed
to
the
people
of
cambridge
and
somerville,
who
had
waited
so
long
for
the
transit
that
they
needed
and
the
economic
development
it
would
bring.
I
have
to
be
honest,
it's
easier
to
be
on
the
outside
as
an
advocate
than
on
the
inside
being
held
accountable,
but
our
civic
system
would
not
do
its
job
half
so
well
without
persistent
and
effective
advocacy
by
the
community.
E
E
I
cannot
imagine
what
would
have
happened
if
we
hadn't
been
able
to
talk
john
into
moving
his
family
here
and
taking
on
the
then
sideways
project
that
needed
him
to
straighten
it
out
when
I
think
about
how
our
administration
can
help
deliver
on
the
many
mega
projects
that
will
be
funded
by
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
law.
My
perspective
is
indelibly
shaped
by
what
I
learned
from
watching
john
dalton
and
his
team
make
the
green
line
extension
a
reality.
E
A
E
E
Senator
sal
di
dominico
representative,
christine
barber
representative,
mike
connolly,
representative,
sean
garberly
and
representative
erica
eiderhoven,
so
we're
celebrating
today-
and
I
am
speaking
for
all
of
us-
not
just
the
opening
of
the
first
greenland
stations
at
greenland
extension
stations,
but
the
decades
of
community
activism
that
made
it
possible
the
mothers
that
tried
to
block
I-93
the
neighbors
who
fought
to
stop
the
inner
belt
from
coming
through.
My
neighborhood.
E
E
H
E
E
E
E
It
will
be
tragic
if
the
people
who
need
public
transit,
the
most
can't
afford
to
live
near
it.
Thank
you
for
the
to
everyone
who
has
contributed
over
the
years
to
this
achievement.
Thanks
also,
I
think
they
haven't
been
mentioned
yet
to
the
taxpayers,
without
whose
contributions
this
would
not
be
possible
and
without.
Thank
you.
E
H
A
E
E
E
E
So
as
we
celebrate
the
green
line
extension
station
opening
today,
it's
important
to
be
mindful
of
history
and
to
bear
in
mind
the
green
line.
Extension
is
only
a
partial
remedy
of
the
many
decades
of
harm
of
social
and
environmental
injustices
that
our
community
has
suffered
as
the
result
of
post-war
urban
rural.
E
Urban
renewal
planning
was
focused
on
expanding
facilities
for
suburban
commuters
to
drive
through
our
urban
neighborhoods.
While
it
took
away
all
the
trolley
transit
in
somerville
at
a
time
that
employment
centers
in
somerville
were
failing,
communities
were
destroyed,
workers
and
their
families
were
displaced,
they
were
made
homeless
and
ill
as
they
were,
losing
their
jobs.
E
It
inspired
a
vision
of
multi-modal
transit
approach
with
our
activist
groups,
friends
of
the
community
path,
to
extend
the
community
path
along
the
green
line,
extension
for
pedestrian
and
cyclists.
All
these
activists
organized
30
years
of
community
work
that
made
today
happen
over
20
years
ago.
I
joined
with
those
early
activists
working
for
the
green
line,
extension
and
environmental
justice,
because
their
clear
vision
and
our
shared
desire
for
justice
that
shared
desire
for
justice
was
united.
E
This
very
important
green
line
station
represents
one
milestone
in
our
effort
to
restore
somerville
to
a
place
where
residents
and
their
families
can
live
with
social,
economic,
environmental
and
transit
justice.
There
is
still
much
more
work
to
be
done
for
better
access
to
local
jobs
for
housing
as
a
human
right
for
cleaner
air
and
healthier
environments.
E
J
A
little
cold
up
here,
so
it's
so
wonderful
to
be
here.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
and
acknowledge
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council,
who
are
also
here
with
us
vice
marillana
mallon
councillor
carlo
councillor,
patty
nolan,
councillor
zine
counselor,
edini
simmons,
it's
great
to
have
you
here
with
me
today.
J
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
spoke
before
me
for
their
work
on
this
project,
we're
so
lucky
in
cambridge
to
have
elected
leaders
at
the
state
and
federal
level
who
we
know
are
working
so
hard
for
our
community
and
prioritizing
public
transit
and
of
course
I
also
want
to
thank
the
green
line.
Extension
team
and
the
many
people
who've
been
working
hard
for
years
to
build
this
extension
today.
I'm
thinking
about
my
dad.
J
Inaudible
has
never
driven
a
car,
so
he
takes
a
69
bus
and
then
jumps
on
the
green
line
from
leech
mirror
to
go
to
work
at
a
department
store
as
a
shipping
clerk
for
25
years,
so
he
was
so
excited
to
have
this
reopened.
So
I'm
thinking
about
him,
I
think
about
how
this
extension
is
an
investment
in
the
economic
and
environmental
health
of
our
communities,
and
this
will
help
us
be
a
more
green
and
equitable
region.
The
impacts
of
that
cannot
be
overstated
back
in
2015
and
2016.
J
When
there
are
questions
about
the
project.
Moving
forward,
cambridge,
along
with
the
city
of
samurai
you've
heard,
was
asked
to
step
up
and
provide
unprecedented
financial
support
for
the
extension
to
move
forward
over
the
following
years.
Thanks
to
exceptional
project
management
on
behalf
of
the
state,
the
project
did
not
end
up
utilizing
our
funds
and
we're
pleased
that
the
money
we
contributed
has
been
retrenches
and
to
ditko
west,
who
also
committed
funding
but
will
be
ready
whenever,
if
ever
there
is
a
need
to
assist.
J
Now
that
this
project
is
complete,
this
extension
will
help
support
the
ongoing
development
in
east,
cambridge
and
throughout
kendall
square.
It
will
provide
the
residents
of
east
cambridge,
better
transit
options,
as
we
continue
to
make
strides
in
sustainable
transportation
in
cambridge.
This
project
and
our
partners
at
the
state
and
federal
level,
will
have
a
big
impact
on
our
sustainability
goals.
J
J
I
want
to
thank
assistant,
city
manager,
firm
farook,
director
of
parking
and
transportation,
joe
barr,
director
of
environmental
transportation,
planning,
suzuma,
suzanne
rusmussen
and
many
others
from
cambridge
who
helped
get
this
project
across
the
finish
line.
I
know
all
of
you
are
there,
so
please
I
want
to
just
give
you
all
round
applause,
we're
really
lucky.
J
This
was
truly
a
great
partnership
between
cambridge
and
the
state
and
the
federal
and
the
local
governments,
along
with
our
partners
in
the
private
sector,
and
I'm
so
proud
to
join
everyone
here
in
celebrating
the
culmination
of
years
of
hard
work.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
and
I'll
see
you
on
the
green
line.
Take
care.
G
G
I
also
want
to
thank
my
friend
and
colleague
for
forever
john
lennochek
stan
in
the
back
now
working
at
massdot
and
my
other
friend
who's,
not
here
paul,
train
and,
of
course,
my
wife,
because
without
them
I
wouldn't
have
been
here
today.
I
I'm
kind
of
done
with
this
stuff
and
I
was
very
nice.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
will
tell
you
that
they
made
me
come
because
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
and
you've
all
heard
how
long
this
took
it's
true.
G
G
We
also
got
lucky
to
get
a
governor
who
was
elected,
who
understood,
transit,
equity
and
wanted
to
help,
but
even
then,
as
you
heard,
the
full
funding
agreement,
which
really
is
the
thing
that
kicks
the
whole
thing
off,
didn't
get
signed
into
the
last
month
of
his
term
that
opened
the
door
to
the
fta
and
mary
beth
and
pete
and
others
which
is
fantastic.
They
love
building
things
and
they
do
a
great
job,
but
they
can't
do
it
without
the
state.
G
The
state
had
gotten
us
there.
The
people
of
somerville
and
cambridge
in
medford
had
gotten
us
there.
The
state
delegation
was
fantastic.
I
can't
tell
you
how
much
fun
it
was.
The
mayor
was
fantastic,
the
mayor
of
chambers
was
fantastic,
but
let's
be
honest
as
soon
as
we
get
the
full
funding
agreement,
my
long-term
friend,
charlie
baker
got
elected.
B
G
G
G
His
decisions
are
based
on
what
he
thinks
is
right
and
what
he
thinks
is
going
to
work
and
instead
of
just
walking
away
and
taking-
let's
remember
yes,
the
federal
government
gave
a
billion
dollars
and
that's
wonderful,
so
did
the
state.
They
gave
a
billion
dollars
politically.
That
state
billion
dollars
probably
would
have
paid
back
better
dividends
for
charlie
baker.
If
you
put
it
someplace
else
and
he
didn't,
he
got
to
work
with
stephanie
and
others
and
they
hired
john
dalton
to
make
the
project
work.
G
G
G
This
is
about
the
past.
For
me
all
the
people
that
got
screwed
all
the
people
that
get
kicked
out
of
their
houses
from
mcgrath
highway
people
forget
that
10
000
people
lost
their
homes
when
they
built
mcgrath
highway
in
the
50s
another.
Several
thousand
get
kicked
out
on
route
93
others
lost
their
homes
in
their
businesses
from
the
inner
belt.
Most
people
don't
even
know
what
those
empty
runways
of
the
93
were
going
to
go
to.
G
K
Thanks
steve
well
good
afternoon,
if
I
speak
quickly,
I
do
speak
quick,
but
my
teeth
are
chatting
because
I'm
freezing
over
here
and
I
had
to
save
john
dalton
after
all
the
risk
of
working
the
construction
zone,
he
was
almost
done
in
by
a
palm
couple
of
clarifications.
Mike
again,
congratulations!
Turning
70
steve
poptak
said
you
qualify
for
a
special
rate
on
the
ride.
We
can
get
you
home.
K
K
Today
is
a
exciting
day.
I'm
going
to
try
not
to
repeat
everything,
that's
been
said
success.
Anything
we
accomplished
is
always
the
product
of
many
hands.
Senator
warren
said
success.
Has
many
parents
in
fact
mike
carnelly
reminded
me?
This
is
true.
That
is
a
fact,
but
when
the
times
were
tough,
those
years
of
doubts
and
naysayers
and
broken
promises,
we
were
left
as
orphans
and
let
me
be
clear,
I'm
going
to
thank
a
lot
of
people
today,
because
our
partners
at
the
federal
level,
state
and
local
had
a
role
in
this.
K
The
people
of
somerville
organizations
like
step
friends
of
the
path,
the
chamber
of
commerce
union
square
main
streets,
aligned
with
stakeholders
in
medford
and
cambridge.
We
are
only
here
because
they
would
not
accept
anything
less
than
the
green
line
and
they
fought
like
health
for
it.
For
decades,.
K
K
I
was
an
elected
official
for
26
years,
18
years
as
mayor
as
a
young
boy
growing
up
in
prospect
hill
I'd
be
on
that
bus
to
leash
me
at
the
old,
the
old
node
right
there
to
try
to
get
the
fenway
most
of
the
times
with
other
kids
in
the
neighborhood.
That's
when
you
could
afford
a
ball
game
as
a
young
kid
there's
a
lot
of
history.
They
started
talking
about
the
green
line
in
the
late
80s
and
in
1991
the
state
implementation
plan.
K
K
It
was
in
2004
activist
advocates.
People
from
all
walks
of
life
came
together
throughout
those
weeks
and
months.
It
was
my
first
year
as
mayor.
I
remember
one
event
because
mike
you
were
there,
the
red
sox
were
playing
game,
four
sweeping
their
first
world
series
since
1918.,
while
everybody
was
at
the
bars
and
wherever
watch
the
game
more
than
500
people
fill
the
summerville
high
school
centennial
auditorium
demanding
you
will
build
the
green
line.
You'll
owe
us.
K
K
Announced
that,
finally,
the
green
line
was
in
the
state
transportation
plans,
and
that
was
one
of
the
many
groundbreakings
in
celebrations
mike.
I
will
just
tie
a
few
times
so
then
deval
patrick
came
to
office.
President
obama,
I
see
jeff
mullen,
you
know:
rich
davies,
tim
eloise,
so
many
people
we
worked
together.
We
we
finally
got
to
the
point
where
we
launched
the
project.
K
Well,
then,
you
know,
unfortunately,
like
elected
officials,
we
attend
a
lot
of
services
weeks.
I
went
to
more
weights
for
the
green
line
than
anything
else
in
my
life,
the
last
18
years
to
hear
the
project
was
severely
over
budget
and
we
weren't
going
to
make
it
it
was
in
doubt
it
was
another
blow
to
the
community.
K
Not
going
to
happen
or
can't
happen
truly
when
they
stood
up
committed
to
me
we're
going
to
get
this
through.
It
brings
me
to
the
baker
police
administration.
I
want
to
talk
about
leadership,
governor
baker
and
karen
polita
from
that
moment.
Never
wavered.
They
believed
in
this
project.
Governor
baker
called
me
and
said.
I
want
to
do
this
project,
but
I
think
we
can
do
this
and
not
spend
an
extra
billion
dollars.
I
wholeheartedly
agree
got
lieutenant
governor
committed,
we're
gonna
work
together:
secretary
pollock
and
their
team,
the
npo
david
muller
and
everyone.
K
We
gather
together
tom
bent
our
representative,
the
npo,
our
state
delegation,
our
city
council,
on
the
boards
of
aldermen
residents.
We've
got
to
understand,
we're
gonna,
make
some
choices,
we're
going
to
make
some
unpopular
ones
we're
going
to
redesign
these
stations,
we're
going
to
bring
this
into
into
budget,
and
we
got
to
get
this
done
shout
out
to
the
fiscal
management
control
board
information
yellow.
I
have
to
be
honest,
I
won't
admit
or
deny
we
may
have
had
some
30
back
channel
conversations
over
the
years.
K
I
get
this
project
though,
and
we
worked
together
and
I
remember,
culminating
in
one
meeting
against
secretary
pollock's
office
with
former
city
manager,
rich
rossi,
working
together
with
mr
siddiqui
and
this
cambridge
city
council
and
ludi
pasquale,
and
we
executed
in
moa
and
some
of
them.
Cambridge
did
something
unprecedented.
K
K
K
The
entire
mass
dot
t
included
secretary
tesla,
steve
parker,
and
I
do
want
to
say
the
project
management
team,
the
whole
glx
team.
Those
dark
days
are
covered.
I
look
out
my
window
and
look
down
at
what
was
going
on
in
gilman
square
and
around
the
corridor
and
your
work
and
hard
work
and
dedication.
Inspired
me,
this
isn't
an
easy
project.
K
K
A
Thank
you
mayor.
It's
we.
We
brought
our
next
speaker
on
to
be
the
closer
for
this
project.
He
is
also
going
to
be
the
closer
for
this
event.
He
has
led
this
project
back
from
the
brink.
He
has
got
this
done.
He
has
finished
the
union
square
branch,
you're
all
invited
back
later
this
year
when
we
do
the
medford
branch.
So
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
glx
project
manager,
john
dalton.
L
L
L
Stephen
and
I
have
a
daily
phone
call
at
6
30
every
morning
and
the
way
that
conversation
goes.
Is
this
stephen?
What
can
I
do
for
you
today
to
make
this
project
successful?
I
give
him
an
answer.
He
says,
john.
What
can
I
do
for
you
today
to
make
this
pretty
successful?
I
give
him
an
answer.
We
collaborate.
We
don't
see
eye
to
eye
every
day,
but
one
place
we
do
see
eye
to
eye
is
that
we
want
to
get
this
job
done
safely
quickly
and
open
to
the
public
as
quickly
as
possible.
L
And
lastly,
like
others
have
done,
I
I
have
to
say
this:
it's
the
most
appropriate.
The
project
team
has
gotten
this
job
done,
both
the
nbta
staff
and
the
judge
instructor
staff
who
work
collaboratively
every
day.
You
see
them
all
here,
easy
to
spot
say
thank
you
to
them
before
you
leave
today,
please,
but
especially.
L
A
As
john
said,
we're
not
we're
not
finished
for
the
folks
up
on
this
stage.
Literally
we're
not
finished.
We're
gonna
have
to
do
pictures
and
ribbon
cutting.
So
please
stay
for
those
everyone
else
again,
as
john
said
we'll
be
back
later
this
year
to
open
the
medford
branch,
but
now
we
actually
are
finished,
so
thank
you
all
for
coming
service
opened
up
at
4
50
a.m.
It's
running
now
go
upstairs
and
catch
a
train.
Thank
you
very
much.
Everybody.