Newton moving ahead with Bay Colony Rail Trail

I spoke with an Assistant City Solicitor of the City of Newton about work related matters today, and since we had last seen one another at a meeting of the ad hoc four town Bay Colony Rail Trail committee, we discussed the status of the BCRT plans.

He told me
– that Newton is planning on moving forward with its part of the BCRT, from Newton Highlands to the Charles River.
– He said the RR bridge over the Charles River to Needham needs to be replaced,
– that Needham is apparently looking to keeping its options open to use some sections of the rail bed available for some sort of future service,
– that purchasing the environmental insurance causes the MBTA to remove the indemnity language from its lease, and
– that Newton was applying for the environmental insurance.