State Representative Susan Williams Gifford (R-Wareham) will host an informational meeting on the proposed alternative South Coast Rail link through Middleboro. The forum will feature her colleague and House Chairman of the Joint Committee on Transportation, Representative Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett).

The forum will take place on Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wareham Town Hall auditorium, 54 Marion Road. The meeting is open to the public and anyone interested in the Middleboro proposal as an alternative to the Stoughton line and the future of commuter rail extension to Wareham is encouraged to attend.

This forum precedes a scheduled public meeting of the MassDOT and MBTA on South Coast Rail on Sept. 22 at Middleboro High School Auditorium, 71 Grove Street, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Rep. Gifford’s office in Boston at 617-722-2100 or her District Office at 508-295-5999 or by email at Susan.Gifford@mahouse.gov.