StreetsblogMASS & MBTA - Thu November 14, 2024
Boston, MBTA Officials Reveal New Designs for Future Blue Hill Avenue Transit Project
The city of Boston and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) have released new conceptual designs for the Blue Hill Avenue transit project and announced plans to host three open houses in Mattapan and Dorchester in the coming month to vet the refined plan with neighbors and bus riders....
CEG - Tue November 12, 2024
Recent Ceremony Reaffirms Major Progress On Veterans Home in Holyoke, Mass.
Federal, state and local officials gathered Nov. 7 in Holyoke, Mass., with union iron workers and military veterans to celebrate progress on the reconstruction of a $480 million residential facility for veterans....
Greenfield Recorder - Thu October 24, 2024
Northfield, Mass., Officials Continue to Seek Funding Sources for New Schell Bridge
Town officials in Northfield, Mass., are continuing their push to reinvigorate the effort to reconstruct a new Schell Bridge over the Connecticut River. Recently, they invited state and federal legislators, key stakeholders from various Massachusetts state departments and local groups to visit the community to discuss the project....
CEG - Wed October 23, 2024
Newly Renamed Bill Russell Bridge in Boston to Open Soon After Six Years of Construction
The new structure to replace the more than 100-year-old North Washington Street Bridge over the Charles River, between Boston's North End and Charlestown, and under construction for over six years, is finally nearing completion....
Streetblogs Mass - Mon October 14, 2024
Boston-Area Rail Commuters Could Be Negatively Impacted If Critical Bridge Is Demolished
The Grand Junction Bridge in Boston certainly does not look like an important piece of infrastructure. Indeed, it is caked in rust and graffiti and half of it has been abandoned, such that when looking down on it from the nearby Boston University Bridge, it is possible to peer straight through its steel lattice structure and see the Charles River below....
Boston Sun and City of Boston - Wed September 25, 2024
Boston Officials Plan for Its Upcoming Dartmouth Street Safety, Mobility Project
The city of Boston Streets Cabinet staff held a virtual public meeting Sept. 11 to discuss its upcoming Dartmouth Street Safety and Mobility Project, which includes plans for a proposed two-way, separated bike lane on Dartmouth Street between Copley Square and the Charles River Esplanade, as well as immediate, short-term changes at the intersection of Dartmouth and Stuart streets....
CEG - Wed September 25, 2024
VIDEO: Feds Award Massachusetts $472.3M to Replace An Old Drawbridge Over Charles River
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will receive $472.3 million in federal funding to replace a Depression-era drawbridge over the Charles River, the agency announced Sept. 23The North Station Draw One Bridge connects Boston and Cambridge, carrying more than 11 million passengers per year on the Commuter Rail and Amtrak trains....
Daily Hampshire Gazette & UMass Amherst - Mon September 16, 2024
UMass Amherst Begins Building $43M School of Public Health, Health Sciences Hub
As a graduate of the School of Public Health & Health Sciences Kinesiology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, doctoral student Petra Ypsilantis is aware of the separation and lack of cohesiveness among the school's six departments....
CEG - Thu August 22, 2024
Quality Fleet Service Acquires New England Road Equipment in Mass.
Nick Moynihan, president of Quality Fleet Service, South Hadley, Mass., announced the acquisition of New England Road Equipment in Brockton, Mass. With this purchase, Quality Fleet Service now offers the following product lines from both locations:HyundaiBell TrucksBandit Industries Heavy DivisionEggersmann North AmericaRocksterPolarisManitouLiebherrMetal Press PlowsNew Holland...
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs - Mon August 19, 2024
Gov. Maura Healy Kicks Off Work in Salem, Mass., On State's Second Offshore Wind Terminal
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll were on hand in Salem Aug. 15 to celebrate the groundbreaking of the that city's Offshore Wind Terminal, the state's second such facility after the New Bedford site....
