T Puts Brakes On Silver Line Tunnel Scheme

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"It's across the corner from the Quincy Elementary and Upper School," Chinese Progressive Association Director Lydia Lowe. "It seems to me like the worst possible place you can do that. Chinatown residents don't have a lack of transportation. I don't think this plan is mainly for Chinatown's benefit."

"This project is extremely expensive and doesn't give us the service we've been asking for," said [Bob Terrell]. "It is far more expensive than any of the light rail options we are looking at."

"There are some people who say it is worth waiting for light rail," he said. "It's not happening right now. Let's get what we can get now."

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T Puts Brakes On Silver Line Tunnel Scheme

The MBTA's ambitious plan to link the two branches of the Silver Line bus route via a tunnel from Boylston Street Station to South Station hit a snag in June when members of community groups testified overwhelmingly against the plan.

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