Mitigation Projects
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Many environmental impact mitigation projects (transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and parks) also remain. Although these were legal requirements for approval of the environmental impact statement, many are not funded because of the massive cost overruns on the highway portion of the project. For example, though the North Point Park was created as part of the project, it ended without constructing pedestrian bridges to neighboring parks. Also, many MBTA projects such as the restoration of Green Line "E" Arborway service, and the proposed Green Line Extension to Somerville and Medford, have not been completed.
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