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Council backs study for Harvard Square MBTA tunnel and earmark option for $72,000 RFP
Summary
The council approved a motion asking the city manager to pursue an engineering RFP for the abandoned MBTA tunnel beneath Harvard Square and to consider using $72,000 of an existing $300,000 pedestrian-study allocation to fund the RFP, after public testimony from business and neighborhood groups.
The Cambridge City Council voted to ask the city manager to develop an engineering request for proposals to study the abandoned MBTA tunnel beneath Harvard Square and to consider whether up to $72,000 of the city's previously budgeted $300,000 pedestrian study funds could be used to develop an RFP.
Members of the Harvard Square Business Association and local businesses urged the council to support the study during public comment. Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, asked the…
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