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....
Equipment East - Thu December 11, 2025
Equip. East Welcomes Chris Jackson as Marketing Manager
Equipment East, a multi-line construction equipment distributor serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has named Chris Jackson as the company's new marketing manager. Jackson, who stepped into the role on Nov....
Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Tue December 09, 2025
UMass Amherst Planning Official Provides New Update for Campus Layout Redevelopment
Back in 2012, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Planning department first unveiled a plan that called for a dramatic shift in the campus layout, function and atmosphere. Fast forward to mid-November of this year, when David Dower, UMass's executive director of campus development, presented an update to the 13-year-old plan to local residents and university students....
Skanska - Mon November 17, 2025
Skanska Completes Belmont Skating Rink in Belmont, Mass.
Skanska announced the substantial completion of the new 40,300-sq.-ft. Belmont Skating Rink and Athletic Facility in Belmont, Mass. The new facility occupies the site of the former Viglirolo Skating Rink, which was demolished prior to construction....
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....
MassLive.com - Mon September 29, 2025
After Nearly Three Decades of Planning, Boston's South Station Tower Project is Now Finished
The newest skyscraper changing Boston's skyline is finally complete after decades of planning and construction. South Station Tower, a 51-story office and residential building constructed on top of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) South Station, unveiled the project Sept....
Mass.gov. & Community Advocate - Mon September 22, 2025
Massachusetts to Begin Building a $200M State Crime Lab in Marlborough Early Next Year
In recognition of Forensic Science Week in September, the administration of Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, through the Massachusetts State Police and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), announced plans to develop a $200 million crime laboratory in Marlborough....
The Reminder - Wed September 10, 2025
Voters in Longmeadow, Mass. Approve $151.5M in Funding to Build Combined Middle School
With a vote of 1,374-402, residents in Longmeadow, Mass., south of Springfield, chose to fund a $151.59 million combined middle school on the town's existing Williams Middle School campus. The project, more than a decade in the making, became controversial in 2024, when abutters to the site at 410 Williams St....
