Haymarket station in limbo as Bulfinch Crossing project drags on

• Haymarket sits at the center of the Bulfinch Crossing redevelopment, where HYM Investment Group has been turning the old garage site into a collection of towers, labs and other mixed-use buildings since 2017.

State of play: The Haymarket bus terminal has been closed since June 2021.

• Seven bus routes to the Seaport, Charlestown, Chelsea, Lynn, Malden, Saugus and Salem are using temporary stops on Surface Road in front of the RMV building.
• The new busway cannot open until HYM completes work on the former garage site.
• Commuters traveling from north of the city are regularly forced into the street to navigate the narrow pedestrian corridors that have consumed Congress Street for almost half a decade.

HYM would not comment to Axios about when the project is expected to be completed.

Between the lines: In planning documents filed with the city, HYM said they would construct a new MBTA bus station with coverings, transit schedule screens and CharlieCard kiosks.

• HYM claimed the demolition of the garage would be complete by March 30, 2023.

• The project's original development plan set an "outside date" for the demolition to be completed by Dec. 31, 2024, over 15 months ago.
• The developer won't say if demolition has been completed or if construction has even begun on the new MBTA facilities.

Catch up quick: The project's safety record has compounded delays. A March 2022 partial garage collapse killed demolition worker Peter Monsini and triggered a four-month work stoppage.

• Three months later, engineers found a deteriorated structural column running through MBTA tunnels, forcing a multi-day shutdown of the Orange and Green lines.

By the numbers: HYM paid the MBTA $7.9 million in reimbursements for transit-related costs.