
Eye-popping cost of MBTA’s new Quincy bus garage outpaces similar projects in US and Canada - The Boston Globe
The price tag for the new 120-bus maintenance and storage facility, scheduled to open in 2024, exceeds the budgets of similar projects completed or underway in other US and Canadian cities, a Globe review found. And the projected cost raises questions about whether the cash-strapped agency will be able to upgrade its remaining garages to achieve its goal of switching from fossil fuel to battery-electric buses, a key component of the state’s climate plans.