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A variety of plaintiffs fought extensive legal battles to stop the buried power reliability project from September 2017 - July 2023. The final battles, filed by private abutter plaintiffs, additionally alleged the easement granted by the MBTA to DCR for trail use are void. Many of the lawsuits went up the Massachusetts courts to be decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, twice. There were also two decisions by the Surface Transportation Board in Washington, and two lawsuits challenging the MBTA's ownership of the railroad land were filed in Massachusetts Land Court. All decisions are unanimously in favor of both projects. Abutter plaintiffs withdrew their Massachusetts Land Court cases.
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