NEW : `` I 'm ready for spring , '' says one Massachusetts resident . The New York Times reports that the state is preparing to spend $900 million on a new high-speed rail line between Boston and Washington, D.C. ``This will be an investment in our future,'' The peak of the storm is forecast for Saturday night through midday Sunday . `` We will be out treating the roads before the snow , and our plows are ready to hit the streets this weekend . '' It could dump as much as 18 inches of snow in some places .
NEW : `` I 'm ready for spring , '' says one Massachusetts resident . The New York Times reports that the state is preparing to spend $900 million on a new high-speed rail line between Boston and Washington, D.C. ``This will be an investment in our future,'' The peak of the storm is forecast for Saturday night through midday Sunday . It could dump as much as 18 inches of snow in some places .