The MBTA today announced dates and locations for five meetings to solicit public feedback on a topic the transit agency has been grappling with for a long time: the Green Line Extension.

With state transportation officials reevaluating in the face of cost overruns that have put the project in jeopardy, meetings have been set for Wednesday, March 2 in Somerville, Wednesday, March 23 in Medford, Wednesday, April 13 in Somerville, Wednesday, April 27 in Cambridge, and Thursday, May 5 in Medford.

A project reevaluation report is expected to be submitted to state transportation officials in May, transportation agencies reported on Feb. 23.

During a WGBH radio interview last week, Gov. Charlie Baker declined to express any level of confidence about the project’s fate.

“The big problem with that project was nobody really knows how much it was going to cost, other than the fact that somehow it went from $950 million to $3 billion in the course of less than a year and a half,” Baker said.

The governor said he’s waiting for recommendations and wasn’t comfortable speculating about the project’s fate “given how uncomfortable everybody was with the quality of the work that was done on the cost estimation of that project previously.”



Meeting details

All meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. with an hour-long open house, followed by a presentation and Question & Answer session from 6:30-8 p.m.

MassDOT and the MBTA are currently working through a re-evaluation of the Green Line Extension project, focusing on four key areas: (1) project management; (2) redesign; (3) re-procurement; and (4) the development of a reliable cost estimate and schedule.

This re-evaluation has been prompted by significant cost overruns on the project, and is expected to be complete and submitted to the MassDOT board of directors and the MBTA Fiscal & Management Control Board in May.

The following are the location for the meetings:

March 2 — Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville

March 23 —Tufts University, 51 Winthrop St., Medford

April 13 —Argenziano School, 290 Washington St., Somerville

April 27 —St. Anthony’s Parish Hall, 400 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., Cambridge

May 5 —St. Clement’s Parish Hall, 579 Boston Ave., Medford