A spokeswoman for the Boston Redevelopment Authority tellsGlobeSt.com that the impact reports, which address issues raised bythe state and city in 2000 and 2002, will be reviewed by the BRAand the state Department of Environmental Affairs during the nextfew months. Once those reviews are completed, development partnersHines and TUDC Inc. can seek permits allowing them to beginconstruction on the project.

The documents represent revisions to the proposal in response tocomments and concerns raised by neighbors, including the FederalRailroad Administration, Amtrak, the Federal TransitAdministration, the Federal Aviation Administration and theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the developers said ina statement. Neither Hines nor TUDC could be reached for furthercomment by GlobeSt.com.

Plans for the project call for the creation of a 40-story officetower, a 13-story hotel and residential building and a nine-storyoffice building to be built on air rights between the back of SouthStation and an adjacent bus terminal. A proposed $40 million wouldbe spent to link the train station and bus terminal, and expand theterminal by 40%.