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Article: State: Stoughton rail is still best way to go
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2009
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Now that the technical data is in, analysis done, and comparative
charts drawn up, the state Executive Office of Transportation
appears to have reached the same conclusion it did a year ago: An
expansion of the Stoughton commuter rail line south to Fall River
and New Bedford looks to be the most promising of the commuter
service alternatives being considered.
The technical reports, produced by Watertown-based engineering
firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. for the state and discussed at an
information forum in Raynham last week, will now be forwarded to
state and federal agencies working on an environmental review of the
South Coast Rail expansion project.
Ultimately, the Army Corps of ...