Patch Media - Mon October 19, 2020
Street Redesign Construction to Soon Begin in Suburban Boston
Construction will begin later this fall in the suburbs west of Boston on the $31.1 million Needham/Newton Corridor Improvements, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The roadwork includes an overhaul of Needham Street, the portion of Winchester Street up to Massachusetts Route 9, the bridge over the Charles River and a part of Highland Avenue in Needham....
CEG - Thu October 08, 2020
Equipment East Opens Its New Facility in Brockton to Benefit Northeast Market
To better serve customers in south Boston, southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Equipment East has opened its third location at 196 Manley Street in Brockton, Mass. Product offerings, include Doosan, Wacker Neuson, Yanmar, Multi-Hog and Spaulding....
The Boston Globe - Thu October 08, 2020
BU Offers More Land to Break Logjam over MassPike Project
Hoping to break a stalemate over the $1 billion Massachusetts Turnpike project, Boston University is offering up more of its own land for the state to fit the giant project through a constricted section of Allston....
CEG - Wed September 30, 2020
New Details Released on Schell Bridge Project in Massachusetts
Northfield, Mass., residents are learning more about the Schell Bridge reconstruction project in their town. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will be overseeing the work when it is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2022....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Equipment East to Open Brockton, Mass., Location
Equipment East has a new location, south of Boston, coming soon. The new facility will include sales, rental, service and parts, and will represent Doosan, Wacker Neuson, Yanmar, Multihog, LiuGong, Felling Trailers, Gorman Rupp pumps, Multiquip, Ramfos and EE-branded hydraulic hammers, buckets and other attachments....
Quincy Patriot Ledger - Mon September 21, 2020
Construction Abounds on and Along Massachusetts Rt. 18 in Weymouth
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is almost halfway done with its nearly six-year project to improve Route 18 from Weymouth to Abington. The construction will widen the road to two lanes and add a shoulder in each direction throughout the project corridor, a 4-mi....
Berkshire Eagle - Tue September 08, 2020
In the Scenic Town of Adams, It's the Summer of the Shovel
The summer of 2020 has proven to be a busy one in the beautiful town of Adams, tucked in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of northwest Massachusetts. Although a tourist town of more than 8,000 residents, a lot of the activity in Adams also is due to the myriad of construction projects that are under way or almost complete in the community....
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Tue September 08, 2020
Bay State Transportation Collective to Advance Transit, Reduce Costs
A new collective purchasing agreement for bus and bike lane road markings to help accelerate multimodal infrastructure was announced Sept. 2 by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The agency's partners are the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), along with the city of Boston and 12 other municipalities in the metropolitan area....
CEG - Wed September 02, 2020
Harvard Advocates for 'All At Grade' Approach for MassPike Upgrade
Since 2014, Massachusetts' leading transportation agencies have been planning a massive reconfiguration of Interstate 90, Soldiers Field Road and the Framingham/Worcester railroad line along Boston's Charles River waterfront in Allston....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed August 26, 2020
Vietnam Vet Memorial Wall Under Construction in Fall River
A Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall that'll be 80 percent of the size of the original memorial wall that opened in Washington, D.C., in 1982 is being built in Fall River, Mass. Scheduled to be completed before Veterans Day on Nov....
