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Mattapan trolley project remains far behind its projected timeline

Seven years after MBTA officials announced a ten-year plan to “transform” the Mattapan-Ashmont trolley line, representatives for the agency told attendees of a public meeting on Wednesday evening that they are only 15 percent of the way toward meeting their goals with a massive funding shortfall standing in the way going forward.

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Two options floated to replace key Morrissey drawbridge

State transportation officials on Tuesday laid out early design options for replacing the nearly century-old Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard, drawing pointed questions from residents about cost, climate resilience, traffic disruption, environmental contamination and whether the bridge should exist at all.

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