By State House News Service, Daily Hampshire Gazette; January 1, 2020
The Department of Transportation now expects its study on a rail link connecting Boston to the Springfield and Pittsfield areas to be completed in the spring, later than its initial plan, as staff work through environmental impacts and costs of possible strategies.
In April, a MassDOT spokesperson said the study would be completed by winter, but by July that target had changed to spring 2020. The department is exploring six alternatives for an expanded rail network, but will narrow the list down to three as it drafts recommendations.