Grant to MBTA

WASHINGTON--The Department of Transportation yesterday announced grants amounting to more than $128 million to aid the construction of a subway extension of Red Line from Harvard extension of the Line from Harvard Square to Alewife Parkway.

Allocations in the grants, which are being directed through the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, include $66 million to help build a subway tunndel form Harvard Square to Porter Square. An additional $62 million will help fund tunnel work between Harvard Square and Davis Square, construction in the Harvard Square Station, and the construction of Holyoke temporary station.