southcoast rail

The Southcoast Rail Project continues to be on the minds of Greater New Bedford lawmakers, including Rep. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford. Cabral's Committee on Bonding and Capital Expenditures is currently considered a provision to fully fund the extension of commuter rail service from Boston to New Bedford and Fall River. ...

The town of Stoughton is putting its money where its mouth is.  A special Town Meeting last week approved $150,000 to pay for a legal challenge of an Army Corps of Engineers report, naming the Stoughton-route as the best alternative for bringing commuter rail service to the Southcoast.  ...

SouthCoast residents are hoping to see commuter rail service extended from Boston to New Bedford and Fall River.  But others say the project will bring headaches to their communities. During a meeting Tuesday night in Taunton, residents from Stoughton continued to state their opposition to the project...

Commuter rail service to the Southcoast is one step closer.  The Army Corps of Engineers has designated a route through Stoughton as the "preferred route" to extend commuter rail from Boston to New Bedford and Fall River.  \Gov. Deval Patrick made the announcement in New Bedford...

Democrat and businessman Dan Wolf is hoping to be the next Governor of Massachusetts.  Wolf is a State Senator on Cape Cod and is a co-founder of Cape Air, the airline that serves New Bedford.  Wolf tells WBSM News, he's familiar with issues on the Southcoast, including the challenges facing the fishing industry...

A panel of transportation officials weighed in on ongoing and planned projects on the Southcoast and throughout the state Thursday afternoon. Representatives from SRPEDD, SRTA, MBTA, and Southcoast Rail briefed the public on the challenges they face and what can be expected in the near future in terms of progress...

Rep. Tony Cabral says he's hoping to at least start the ball rolling Monday on salvaging funding for Southcoast Rail, when the Mass. House debates the leadership's proposed transportation plan. Gov. Patrick had proposed a 1% increase in the state income tax as part of a plan to raise $1.9 bi...

Count Mass. Congressman Edward Markey as a supporter of Southcoast Rail. Democrat Markey is running for the U-S Senate seat vacated by John Kerry. Markey was in New Bedford Saturday to open a campaign office on Pleasant Street. He says Southcoast Rail will give a much needed boost to the region's economy...

Mayyor Jon Mitchell addressed the Joint Committee on Transporation Oversight on Tuesday at the Statehouse, urging lawmakers to support Governor Patrick's tax plan to fund transporation projects like Southcoast Rail.  Mitchell says extending commuter rail service to Taunton, New Bedford and Fall Rver is too important to let fall by the wayside........

Gov. Deval Patrick is making a strong case for the Southcoast Rail Project, and he wants others to do the same.  Patrick met Friday at the Whaling Museum with local elected officials and labor leaders, urging them to lobby for the proejct...