by F-line to Dudley via Park
'Bout time. That leg has been draaaaaaaaaaaging in design for way too many years.
Unfortunately Sudbury, Framingham, and CSX are still at loggerheads over purchase price for the S. Sudbury Secondary and have been filing 180-day negotiating extensions with the STB for nearly 8 years now. I'm baffled that MassDOT hasn't stepped in and ended that standoff themselves with state-control landbanking, since the townies aren't exactly deep-pocketed enough to complete the transaction in time to get a start on Phase III design. Nor are they reliable enough negotiators to not run their mouths at CSX in a pique of frustration, when that is never a good or productive idea.
Unfortunately Sudbury, Framingham, and CSX are still at loggerheads over purchase price for the S. Sudbury Secondary and have been filing 180-day negotiating extensions with the STB for nearly 8 years now. I'm baffled that MassDOT hasn't stepped in and ended that standoff themselves with state-control landbanking, since the townies aren't exactly deep-pocketed enough to complete the transaction in time to get a start on Phase III design. Nor are they reliable enough negotiators to not run their mouths at CSX in a pique of frustration, when that is never a good or productive idea.