MBTA: Transit At What Cost?

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is sued for having worst environmental record of any state agency.

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October 7, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

"Accusing the MBTA of having 'the worst environmental record of any state agency by far,' Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly yesterday asked a Superior Court judge to appoint a special master to force the transit agency into compliance. The highly unusual move came 12 years after the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority first reported dangerous levels of lead and arsenic in the soil near its Readville commuter rail station, and six years after it was supposed to be cleaned up."

Thanks to Governing.com

FULL STORY: AG sues T over pollution

Saturday, October 6, 2001 in The Boston Globe

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