Officials have announced a delay in the completion of a major transportation project in western Massachusetts.
The new train boarding platform at Springfield’s Union Station must be redesigned because it is six inches narrower than allowed under federal regulations.
Springfield Chief Development officer Kevin Kennedy expects a delay of about six months in opening the new rail platform.
" It is another bump in the road in a many decade-old project," said Kennedy.
Kennedy said the rest of the $88.5 million rehabilitation of Union Station is on schedule. The new intermodal transportation center is expected to open to passengers in January 2017.
City officials said MassDOT will pay for the cost overruns for redesigning the rail platform.
Until the new rail platform is built, passengers will board trains next to an existing Amtrak waiting area.
