Katherine Clark, 5th District Whip - Thu January 22, 2026
Delegation Announces $92.78M in Federal Funding for 93 Projects Throughout Mass.
Massachusetts 5th district Whip Katherine Clark joined senators and representatives from across the state on Jan. 16, 2026, in announcing that the state will receive an estimated $92.8 million in community project funding (CPF) in the FY2026 spending bill for 3 important community projects throughout the Bay State....
Realtor.com, NBC 10 Boston, CBS Boston, MassDOT - Thu January 22, 2026
MassDOT Begins Major Step to Make Way for Cape Cod New Bridge Project
MassDOT announced on Jan. 14, 2026, that it will begin taking ownership of 13 homes as part of its project to replace the Sagamore Bridge. According to MassDOT and the USACE, it has reached the end of its useful life....
MassDOT - Mon January 19, 2026
Governor Healey Delivers $50M for Road Paving to Enhance Safety, Improve Travel
Gov. Maura Healey has awarded $50 million to 34 municipalities to pave 217 mi. of roads to enhance safety and improve travel throughout 2027 and 2028. The funds come from the Municipal Pavement Program and are available for municipally owned state numbered routes, with an emphasis on National Highway System (NHS) roadways....
MassDOT - Mon January 19, 2026
MassDOT Announces Winners of 2025 “Name A Snowplow” Contest
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced the winners of the fourth annual "Name a Snowplow" contest for elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts on Dec. 19, 2025....
Berkshire Eagle - Wed December 17, 2025
An Urban Planning Study Calls for North Adams, Mass. To Remove a Highway Overpass
"Take it down."That was the message that Chris Reed, a Boston urban planner, repeated recently to dozens of people about the Massachusetts Highway 2/Mohawk Trail overpass, or Veterans Memorial Bridge, as the best way to reconnect key parts of downtown North Adams....
StreetsblogMASS - Mon October 27, 2025
MassDOT Firms Up Plans for Mystic River Pedestrian Bridge Between Somerville, Everett
A virtual hearing was hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Oct. 21, 2025, to provide an update on its planned bike and pedestrian bridge over the Mystic River between Draw Seven Park in Somerville and the Northern Strand Trail in Everett, which it expects to complete by the end of 2029....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed October 15, 2025
MassDOT's Newton-Weston Bridge Project Under Way
A major bridge construction project led by MassDOT began in December 2023 to replace or rehabilitate eight bridges at the I-90/I-95 interchange in Newton and Weston. The work includes the replacement of the Ramps A/B bridges over the Charles River, Ramp G over the Hultman Aqueduct, Ramp G over I-90 and the mainline I-90 bridges over both I-95 and the Charles River....
StreetsblogMASS - Tue October 14, 2025
MassDOT Highway Official Talks to Boston Group About State's Aging Roadways, Rising Costs
Massachusetts's roadways are at a "critical inflection point" with aging assets, a surge of new funding from Fair Share and an urgency to deliver safer infrastructure faster, according to Jonathan Gulliver, the state Department of Transportation's highway administrator....
StreetsblogMASS - Thu August 28, 2025
Center-Running Transitway for Boston's Green Line to Be Built Along Pair of City Streets
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the City of Boston have "tentatively" agreed to eliminate a major source of delays on the Green Line with a new dedicated transitway that will run down the middle of Huntington and South Huntington avenues in the city's Mission Hill neighborhood, StreetsblogMASS reported Aug....
StreetsblogMASS & MassDOT - Mon August 04, 2025
MassDOT to Demolish Major Century-Old Bridge in Haverhill
A quarter-billion dollar effort to replace the Basiliere Bridge across the Merrimack River in downtown Haverhill, Mass., with a new span was approved on July 30, 2025, by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) board of directors....
