Earlier this year, Gray Chynoweth, CEO of Manchester
high-tech company Dyn, asked a group of early career professionals at The
Startup Institute in Boston how many of them would consider commuting to Manchester
for work.
“I think it was like three out of 50 raised their hand,” he
said. Off the cuff, he
asked them how many would commute to southern New Hampshire if there were a
convenient commuter rail option. This time, about 35 hands went up.
Interest in creating a passenger rail system from southern
New Hampshire to Boston has been bubbling up for years, but stakeholders are
more optimistic now than ever that it could turn into a reality.
The $3.7 million Capitol Corridor study is halfway complete
this month. On March 5 consultants
working for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation announced
their most specific set of extended
options for the 73 miles between Boston and Concord to date at a public scoping
meeting at the DOT in Concord
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