Every state in New England is poised to receive an above-average injection of federal infrastructure money, funding that could play a key role after years where the region’s rate of investment lagged other states, a new report concluded.
A ceremonial groundbreaking on Thursday marked the beginning of construction at Marcus Partners’ new Foundry at Drydock development in South Boston’s Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park.
With Department of Transportation workers heading to the exits in larger numbers than usual, officials are poised to roll out a $20 million package of raises, bonuses and other employee benefit tweaks aimed at recruiting and retaining engineers.
Legislative action to launch a long-sought passenger rail extension into western Massachusetts “certainly is being considered” among a growing to-do list, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday, though the exact steps Beacon Hill will take remain unclear with less than eight weeks left for formal lawmaking business.
A new phase is beginning for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package. States are in fierce competition for the largest grant awards that would support multi-billion-dollar projects.
Port improvements, housing development, and water and sewage infrastructure headline the investment areas in a $1.7 billion supplemental budget bill Gov. Charlie Baker outlined Wednesday as the Republican eyes more spending in his final months in office.
Six months after the signing of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure package, the government said Monday there are 4,300 projects underway with more than $110 billion in funding announced – milestones the administration is publicly heralding as midterm politics intensify.
With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis by slowing down cars, carving out bike paths and wider sidewalks and nudging commuters to public transit.
Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that he welcomes a nearly unprecedented safety investigation the Federal Transit Administration will launch into the MBTA, an agency under the governor’s watch.
Lawmakers decided they need at least another week to work through the billions of dollars in borrowing and spending that Gov. Charlie Baker proposed to invest in the state’s infrastructure.
The gap between Greater Boston and the rest of the state is a microcosm of what has happened across the United States over the past 40 years with Boston sucking in the talent and investment.
What do you do as a developer confronted with a thorny infrastructure problem underneath your planned Fort Point life science project? Go big or go home!
Top Baker administration officials on Thursday faced questions from lawmakers over whether the Republican governor had proposed to do enough with federal relief funding.
If passed, President Joe Biden’s new, proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package could help jump-start a handful of long-sought transit projects in Massachusetts but it won’t transform the state overnight, advocates say.
As we begin the winter season, it is likely we will be reminded again about the risks and potential damage from coastal flooding along the South Boston Waterfront, East Boston, Charlestown and many other areas throughout Massachusetts.
The Democrat poised to take the reins of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee raised hopes for bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure bill in a speech before New England business leaders.
Commuters on the MBTA should not expect to see Gov. Charlie Baker among the straphangers anytime soon.
Whether it’s a powerful nor’easter, a hurricane, a bomb cyclone, or just plain bad weather on steroids, climate change is hitting home and it’s only going to get worse. The future of the commonwealth will be defined by how well we prepare now to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
Woburn’s commercial real estate market has benefited from proximity to Massachusetts’ busiest highway interchange at Routes I-93 and I-95, turning this former factory town into fertile territory for industrial parks, hotels and a robust retail trade.
The bombshell news that a large public transit hub in Allston planned as part of the Massachusetts Turnpike’s realignment won’t be completed until as late as 2040 is prompting calls for new funding sources to fast-track the project.
