A major development is expected next week in the long running effort to expand passenger rail service in western Massachusetts.
Consultants working for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) are going to issue a report on three final alternatives for east-west rail.
The analysis will be presented to a meeting Wednesday (Sept. 30) of an advisory committee made up of elected officials and business leaders from western and central Massachusetts.
One of the members of the committee is Democratic State Senator Eric Lesser of Longmeadow – a longtime advocate for east-west rail. He spoke with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill.
