The city of Boston and the MBTA are clashing over the planned closure of a street near South Station during Massachusetts’ FIFA World Cup matches.
According to the Boston Globe, it all started with a letter from the MBTA to Boston city officials last week saying it is “imperative” that a two-block stretch of Summer Street next to South Station be closed for 10-hour stretches during the seven matches in June and July.
But Boston city officials are calling it an “inappropriate use of eminent domain to bypass the permitting process,” in a letter to the MBTA…