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BOSTON (AP) Although a political odd couple of sorts, former Govs. Michael Dukakis and William Weld have reignited a longstanding debate over whether Boston’s two major rail hubs, North Station and South Station, should be connected by an underground tunnel. Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee and Weld, a Republican, met recently with Gov. Charlie Baker as part of an effort to sell the current administration on the rail link. Baker and Dukakis later met separately with reporters, with Baker callTaunton Gazette file photo | Charles Winokoor ing the presentation by the ex-gover- Workers adjust new railroad crossing pieces installed in August on Dean nors interesting but making no prom- Street in Taunton as part of the state's South Coast Rail project. ises. Dukakis touted the rail link as U.S. eastern seaboard for that matter — by plugging a roughfar preferable to simply expanding the two stations. Here are some things to know about the proposed North- ly one-mile gap in Boston’s rail network. They say the link would allow commuter trains that now terminate at North or South rail link: South Stations to continue on, thereby uniting the disparate • What Would It Accomplish? Dukakis and other supporters contend it would have ram- branches of the commuter rail system — allowing, for ifications for commuters all over the state — and the entire see RAIL page 4
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) In a bid to unclog Connecticut’s notorious traffic jams, the governor has put forward a plan to rip up and widen two major highways, Interstates 84 and 95. A third highway, the stately Merritt Parkway, would
remain little changed from when it was completed in 1940, a 38-mi. roadway dubbed the “Gateway to New England” that winds through the wealthiest part of the state beneath old-growth trees and stone bridges. “People do treasure it as it is,” said Jill Smyth, executive director of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, an advocacy group. see pARKWAY page 4