Massachusetts Department of Transportation & CEG - Thu June 19, 2025
MassDOT Approves $18.5B Five-Year Capital Plan; Irish Firm to Rebuild State's Travel Plazas
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) board of directors voted June 18, 2025, to approve the agency's Fiscal Year 2026-2030 Capital Investment Plan (CIP), which includes approximately $18.5 billion in planned transportation investments....
StreetsblogMASS - Tue June 17, 2025
Two Mass. Agencies at Different Stages of Transportation Projects in the City of Lynn
Nearly three years after winning a $20 million federal grant, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) hosted its first public forum on June 11, 2025, for a proposed transit-focused redesign of the Lynnway, a major highway that slices across the city of Lynn's waterfront district....
Skanska - Tue June 10, 2025
Skanska Awarded $303M Contract to Replace Rourke Bridge in Lowell, Mass.
Skanska announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to carry out the $303 million design-build of a new, relocated Rourke Bridge carrying Wood Street over the Merrimack River in Lowell, Mass....
StreetsblogMASS & PR Newswire - Wed June 04, 2025
Mystic River Bridge Project Now Delayed Until Late 2026; Adaptive Reuse Effort Kicks Off in Worcester
The Boston area might need to wait at least five more years for one of its highest-priority infrastructure projects to become a reality. StreetsblogMASS reported June 3, 2025, that a new Massachusetts capital budget for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 indicates that construction on the long-awaited Mystic River bicycle and pedestrian bridge between Somerville and Everett will not begin until late 2026 or 2027, and that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) does not expect to complete the project until the early 2030s....
StreetsBlog Mass - Mon May 12, 2025
Medford, Mass. to Make More Space for Bikes, Pedestrians in New Main Street Project
Nearly a year after its last public information meeting, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) shared a new draft design for Main Street in Medford at an April 23, 2025 public hearing....
MassDOT & Jacobs Engineering - Thu May 08, 2025
Massachusetts's First Diverging Diamond Interchange Now Being Constructed in Natick
Jacobs Engineering, a design firm based in Dallas, Texas, along with its design-build partner McCourt Construction in Boston, Mass., is working replace a bridge and install a new interchange at a critical road junction in the city of Natick, Mass....
Lowell Sun & MassDOT - Wed April 09, 2025
Massachusetts Officials Break Ground on $15M Rehabilitation of Westford's Boston Road
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan joined officials from the state's Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and local leaders in her hometown of Westford on April 7, 2025, to break ground on a $15.6 million multimodal rehabilitation project along Boston Road....
Fall River Herald News - Mon March 31, 2025
South Coast Rail Line Opens in Mass.; Feds Warn Three State Bridges at Risk of Collapse
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was joined in the town of Fall River by Mayor Paul Coogan and other local and state dignitaries March 24, 2025, to cut the ribbon on the Fall River/New Bedford commuter route of the state's long-awaited South Coast rail line....
New Bedford Standard-Times - Tue December 31, 2024
New Bedford, Mass., Leaders Want New Vertical Lift Bridge to Be Aesthetically Pleasing
The more than 120-year-old New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge in Massachusetts will be going from "swing" to "vertical lift" when it is finally replaced, according to state plans. That is, instead of opening by swinging horizontally, as it has throughout its history, a section of the bridge will be raised to allow vessels to pass underneath....
CEG - Wed December 18, 2024
MassDOT to Use Drones for Infrastructure Projects; Amherst Exploring New Downtown Designs
The Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced recently that it has received $1 million in funding from the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration Program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and authorized to accelerate innovation in highway transportation....
