ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

[Bytor]

Option A in the report is Fairway to Pinebush only. The previous roughly $1.2B cost estimate was for the construction of the entire length, option C in this report. So you can't really compare them like that and say Option A is a 20% increase from previous.

Was that the same route, though?

No. Option A is not the same as what was originally projected as somewhere between $1.2B and $1.5B.

Option A is only about one-third of the Stage 2 route endorsed back in 2019.