Amendment #306 to H4700

Commuter Rail Double-Track Study

Ms. Meschino of Hull moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 1595-6369, in line 3, by inserting after “Laws” the following:

“; provided further that $500,000 shall be expended to conduct a multiyear corridor study, completed no later than December 31, 2023, including both planning and conceptual engineering, to identify the necessary rights-of-ways and the full range of possibilities to implement full double-track commuter rail between Braintree Station and South Station along the Old Colony Commuter Rail Line tracks, which includes the Greenbush, Kingston, and Middleborough lines, in order to improve commuter rail capacity”; and in said item by striking out the figures “187,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “187,500,000”.

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Commuter Rail Double-Track Study