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T’s plan for fare hikes, service cuts due this week

Previous ideas spurred an outcry

MBTA administrators will make a final recommendation later this week on the package of fare increases and service cuts needed to balance the T’s estimated $160 million deficit for the coming year. Many observers had expected the announcement at Tuesday’s meeting of the MBTA board’s finance committee, with the preliminary budget for fiscal 2013 on the agenda, but board members and other officials said they do not anticipate the recommendations until later in the week.

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