NSRL has nothing to do with the draw bridges, not expanding north station either, really. Curbing necessary expansion in the hopes of a project that isn’t even being planned negating the need is foolish and short sighted. Despite their strongest efforts to avert reality, New Hampshire is going to have to face the music that highways aren’t the only mode of transportation and it’s going to have to fund service its cities have been calling for for decades. Once that border is breached the north side will explode in size. When that happens, even if we have a tunnel we didn’t build when we had the chance, North Station will need more capacity, as the maybe tunnel won’t have the capacity to handle what north station can’t now.
We talk about sensible land use in a high land value area, and a larger transportation hub in an area rapidly expanding in density makes a lot more sense than preserving an abandoned rehab facility for a few administrative offices.
Moderator: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Brightline Trains
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