Greenbush should be easy

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The Glob reports that the Silver Lie South Boston project is the MBTA's "first major expansion since the extension of the Red Line to Alewife in 1984". I guess the Southwest Corridor project (1987) doesn't count -- "it's not an extension, it's a relocation". Nor do the Newburyport or Old Colony commuter rail projects (both around 2000), which together I think add about 100 route-miles to the commuter rail system. The T should just do things like Greenbush and the Fall River/New Bedford projects; since commuter rail doesn't qualify as a "major expansion" those should be cheap and easy, right?