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Governor Healey announces PLA for North Station drawbridge, cites federal grant and jobs
Summary
Governor Maura Healey announced that the MBTA has reached an agreement with the Greater Boston Building Trades to use a project labor agreement (PLA) on the North Station Draw 1 bridge project, which she and officials described as a roughly $1.2 billion effort supported by a large federal grant and expected to create thousands of jobs.
Governor Maura Healey announced that the MBTA has reached an agreement with the Greater Boston Building Trades to apply a project labor agreement for the North Station Draw 1 railroad-bridge rebuild, saying the project will support thousands of jobs and benefit Massachusetts workers.
Healey described the project as “a big deal,” saying the drawbridge serves hundreds of trains and tens of thousands of passengers and that federal and state funds are in place to rebuild it. “The T has reached an agreement with the Greater Boston Building Trades to have a project labor agreement on North Station Draw 1,” she said, and called the initiative one of the largest PLAs ever for the MBTA.
Why it matters: Officials said the project is a major regional investment in transit and jobs. MBTA GM and interim transportation secretary Phil Ng said the funding package includes a large federal grant and state…
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