“…The Governor’s supplemental budget would give the T an extra $523 million to balance its FY27 operating budget, plus an additional $122 million to replenish its reserve funds (which are going to be depleted after the T pays off a $239 million budget shortfall this year).
‘If it’s implemented as she drew it up, it would solve the T’s budgetary challenges,’ Brian Kane, the executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, told StreetsblogMASS on Wednesday. ‘So I think it’s great, and she deserves a lot of credit for keeping her pledges to fix the T’…”
By Christian MilNeil | 1/28/26