Salem Depot, long written and complained about in this blog, continues to get attention. The Salem Partnership had petitioners out to get signatures in support of a new garage at Salem Depot.
Once again, the Salem News comes out to support the project:
If you read this while waiting for the train in Salem Monday morning, you likely encountered the mayor or others bearing petitions seeking support for a new waiting area and garage.
If you read this while waiting for the train, you were also likely freezing. With the wind whipping off the North River, Rep. John Keenan describes the train platform at the Salem depot as "probably the coldest place in North America."
That's a slight exaggeration, of course. But there's no question commuters deserve a more comfortable place in which to wait the arrival of the MBTA's commuter trains than the concrete slab and Plexiglas shelters which serve that purpose now.
Mayor Kim Driscoll, says it's either now or a long time from now for construction of a new parking facility and waiting area at the train station.
We’ve had the current Salem Depot for 21 years. Early on, there was a very obvious parking shortage. A few years after, the stairs started coming apart. I’ve said before, I hate them.
I fully expect, if not for the courthouse project—which has already put demand on parking downtown—that we could wait another 20 years, if ever, for a new station.
I wonder if the NIMBYs will still be here at that time?
The lot’s almost full and it was just 7:30.
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