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Ocm10561343-2003-02.Pdf (466.5Kb) FEBRUARY 2003 TRANSREPORT TRANSPORTATION NEWS FROM THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Big Dig Milestone: I-90 Connector to Ted Williams Tunnel Opens On January 17 Governor Mitt Romney, Federal Highway Administrator Mary 1,700 freeze pipes inserted into the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Peters, U.S. Representatives Edward ground. The soil was also injected with Chairman Matthew J. Amorello, and a Markey and Stephen Lynch, Massachu- grouting compound to further firm it up host of other dignitaries marked the com- setts Senate President Robert Travaglini, for jacking; this took five months. pletion of the I-90 Connector to the Ted Mayor Thomas Menino, Robert Beal of The tunnel jacking operation went on for Williams Tunnel and Logan Airport with the Artery Business Committee, and two years without disturbing any of the a ribbon-cutting cere- 256 daily Amtrak and mony. The long-awaited MBTA commuter rail Connector is a major trips on the tracks component of the above. Each tunnel was immense Central pushed about three feet Artery/Tunnel Project. It forward per day. This extends from the Massa- work went on 20 hours a chusetts Turnpike’s for- day, six days a week. mer terminus at I-93 near The jacking operation South Station, traveling pushed about 75,000 under the Fort Point tons of concrete tunnel Channel, through to the through ground dug out Ted Williams Tunnel, by “road header” digging and on to Logan Airport. machines excavating a This direct, 3.5-mile space from three to five route to the airport can feet ahead of the tunnel save drivers as much as 45 box. The road headers minutes over the former Governor Mitt Romney addresses the crowd at the I-90 Connector ceremony dug, then the jacks route, which involved I-93 pushed. The largest jacked tunnel box northbound and the Sumner/Callahan Joseph Nigro, head of Boston Building weighed 32,000 tons. Tunnel. Trades. As they stood in the chilly tun- “Today we deliver a significant trans- nel, all of the speakers referred to the I-90 Connector cont. on p. 3 portation improvement to the city and dedication of the construction workers who built the Connector. “We salute the region,” Amorello said. “There are INSIDE THIS ISSUE two major pieces of the Central Artery those who envisioned and conceived this Project—the third harbor tunnel to the project, those who designed it, and, most MPO activities update . 2 importantly, those who did the work airport and the construction of I-93 New commuter rail contract . 2 under the city. By opening the I-90 Con- every day,” Amorello said. I-90 Connector passes test . 3 nector from the MassPike Extension to Up to the Fort Point Channel, the Con- the Ted Williams Tunnel, we have com- nector is composed of four concrete tun- Winter road maintenance tool . 4 pleted the third harbor crossing portion nel boxes that were built in a construc- Logan Express breaks record . 4 of the project.” tion pit nearby and then jacked into Silver Line ridership increases . 4 position under the South Station rail The dedication ceremony was held inside Central Corridor design teams . 5 the Connector tunnel. In addition to tracks. This is the first installation of Meeting calendar . 6 Romney and Amorello, speakers included jacked tunnels in the United States. The soil under the tracks was frozen using MBTA short notes . 6 The members of the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Executive Office of Transportation and Construction • City of Boston • City of Everett • City of Newton • City of Peabody • Federal Highway Administration • Federal Transit Administration • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board • Massachusetts Highway Department • Massachusetts Port Authority • Massachusetts Turnpike Authority • Metropolitan Area Planning Council • Regional Transportation Advisory Council • Town of Bedford • Town of Framingham • Town of Hopkinton BOSTON METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES MBTA Board Authorizes New Contract for TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE ACTION ITEMS Commuter Rail Services At its January 23 meeting the Boston MPO’s Transportation On December 13 the Planning and Programming Committee released for public Massachusetts Bay review an amendment to the transit element of its fiscal year 2003–2008 Transporta- Transportation Author- tion Improvement Program (TIP). Among other things, the amendment calls for ity (MBTA) announced using Grant Anticipation Notes (GANs) to purchase new emission-control buses and that its board of directors to accelerate the reconstruction of the Maverick Blue Line station. The Committee had authorized General Manager Michael also considered a TIP amendment for an emergency request for the replacement of H. Mulhern to execute a $1 billion, 5- the High Street Bridge in Canton. Due to the safety concerns motivating the request, year contract for commuter rail services the Committee waived its requirement for a 35-day public review period and sched- with the Massachusetts Bay Commuter uled a January 30 MPO meeting for acting on the amendment. The MPO meeting Railroad Company (MBCR). will not be needed, however, because MassHighway, in consultation with FHWA, MBCR is a Boston-based consortium of advertised the project under a statewide infrastructure funding category. three experienced rail service providers: A technical memorandum prepared by the Central Transportation Planning Staff Alternate Concepts, Inc., Connex North which examines transit opportunities in the North Suburban Planning Council America, and Bombardier. The three (NSPC) subregion was approved by the Committee for public distribution. The companies have extensive experience in NSPC subregion comprises the towns of Burlington, Lynnfield, North Reading, Read- operating and maintaining passenger rail ing, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, Winchester, and Woburn. For more infor- systems in North America and abroad. mation or to request a copy of the report, contact CTPS project manager Clinton “I am grateful for the MBTA Board of Bench at (617) 973-8853 or [email protected]. Directors’ support that is reflected by this REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL historic vote,” said Mulhern. “This con- January was “Transit Month” at the Council. Two timely transit issues, the Program tract provides us with the opportunity to for Mass Transportation (PMT) and the Fairmount Line project, were the major top- contain costs while improving the deliv- ics of conversation at the Council’s January 8 meeting. Dennis DiZoglio, MBTA ery of public transportation throughout Assistant General Manager, gave Council members an in-depth look at the PMT, the the state.” Mulhern added, “This truly MBTA’s long-range-vision document. Members reviewed the PMT’s vision and goals, demonstrates how a healthy and effective the descriptions of prescreened expansion and enhancement projects, performance competitive bidding process can serve the measures, and the preliminary results of the detailed evaluations of projects. Bill commonwealth’s best interests.” Deignan has been representing the Advisory Council on the PMT Working Commit- “The MBCR wishes to thank the MBTA tee. for its careful consideration and vote of Members also heard a briefing on the Fairmount Line presented by Joe Cosgrove, confidence,” said Jack Leary, MBCR MBTA Director of Planning. He gave an overview of the project’s purpose, elements, Managing Director. “We look forward to and benefits and prepared members for the Council’s January 15 field trip to the Fair- beginning what we hope will be a long mount Line. The trip provided members with first-hand observations of the opportu- and successful partnership with the nities this project will offer for opening up the line to additional access by under- MBTA as we work together on the served communities through station infrastructure improvements and construction of details of the contract.” new stations. The contract is expected to take effect ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE MBTA July 1. For more information on the At the January meeting of AACT, as at the Advisory Council meeting, members MBTA’s commuter rail system, visit were encouraged to comment on draft PMT materials following a presentation on the www.mbta.com. PMT by Dennis DiZoglio. Kathy Cox, Manager of Fixed-Route Services at the MBTA, presented the monthly Office for Transportation Access report on fixed- route services and facilities, and Michael Festa of the MBTA’s Design and Construc- tion Department reported on the scope of improvements for Shawmut Station on the Red Line. It was announced that Lt. Herman Wheeler has been appointed the MBTA Police Department’s liaison to AACT. Lt. Wheeler, who serves on the Com- munity Service Unit, will give a report at each meeting. The Committee will hold an election on May 28 to select new officers for two-year terms. Any current AACT member may run. Nomination papers may be requested by calling (617) 973-7507. TRANSREPORT 2FEBRUARY 2003 I-90 Connector cont. from p. 1 I-90 Connector Passes Crossing the Fort Point Channel Operations Control Center (OCC) in Rush Hour Test; New Exit involved the most extensive use of con- South Boston for monitoring 24 hours a Opens from I-93 crete immersed-tube tunnels in the day, seven days a week. United States. Prebuilt tubes could not The lighting system in the tunnels is On January 21 the I-90 Connector got its be floated from off-site into the Fort designed to transition from bright sun to first real test during rush hour conditions Point Channel because of several low tunnel lighting without a blind spot at and passed with flying colors. Commuters bridges, and there were no steel mills for the portal; concrete pavements used at heading to Logan Airport and South constructing tunnel Boston had dramatically improved trips them in South entrances via the Connector. In addition, traffic Boston. Tubes and exits flow along the Central Artery improved were con- are with the Connector’s opening. structed on-site designed to “We are seeing results where, for exam- in a casting reflect ple, the Logan Express out of Framing- basin next to light.
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