Massachusetts has won more than $102 million for transportation infrastructure projects under federal funding programs from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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The funding will benefit projects in communities across the state, including Longmeadow, Adams, North Adams, Williamstown, Pittsfield, Southbridge, Quincy, Boston, Somerville and Revere.
Several grant awards have a statewide impact, including a $14.4 million grant from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Program to deploy Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at state-owned Park and Ride properties and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) station parking lots.
Other awards include $17.3 million for the Ashuwillticook Trail in Berkshire County, which will fund planning and design of a nearly 10-mile pedestrian and cyclist path, and $2 million to reconnect neighborhoods at Boston’s Mattapan Square.
“Massachusetts continues to bring home major federal dollars to make our roads, bridges, paths and rails more safe, reliable and connected,” said Governor Maura Healey.
The federal grant awards being announced total more than $102 million dollars and include the following:
• More than $43 million for the McGrath Boulevard Project in Somerville, which will reconnect neighborhoods bifurcated by McGrath Highway by replacing the viaduct with new street-level bike and pedestrian infrastructure, providing safe access to schools, jobs, parks, businesses and other critical destinations.
• More than $17 million to support expansion of the Ashuwillticook Trail in Berkshire County by funding the design of a five component, nearly 10-mile off-road shared use path. This path will connect residents and visitors to an array of cultural and community assets in North Adams, Adams, and Williamstown, a network of public hiking trails in the surrounding forestlands, recreation opportunities along the Hoosic River, and the regional shared use paths to the north and south.
• More than $14.4 million from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program for MassDOT and the MBTA to install approximately 458 Level 2 charging ports and 14 Level 3 charging points at approximately 30 locations across Massachusetts. The chargers will be installed at the state’s Park and Ride properties and MBTA station parking lots.
• More than $10 million for the City of Quincy for the Southern Artery, (Route 3-A) Multi-Modal Transportation Project, an initiative to make Complete Streets improvements to approximately 0.5 miles of the Southern Artery from Sea Street/Coddington Street to Pond Street.
• Almost $7.9 million for Southbridge for the Hamilton Street Transportation Project to fund the construction of Complete Streets improvements along approximately 0.8 miles of Hamilton Street from Main Street to Hook Street.
• More than $4 million for the MBTA’s High-Risk Grade Crossing Elimination Master Plan initiative, which will have the MBTA evaluate 52 high-risk, high-priority pedestrian and roadway grade crossings throughout the greater Boston regional rail network.
• Approximately $2 million to the City of Boston to reconnect two long-separated sides of the neighborhood of Mattapan, connecting them to natural resources, and to multimodal transportation networks.
• Approximately $2 million to the MBTA for the JFK/UMASS Station Redesign & Replacement Project which will bring the station into a state of good repair, increase accessibility, enhance environmental resiliency, and improve connectivity to Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
• Approximately $1.6 million for Pittsfield to create a comprehensive plan to remove an arterial interchange in the community which splinters the west side from downtown and restore the urban fabric in the municipality.
• Approximately $1.2 million for Longmeadow’s Passive Crossing Improvement Project, which supports grade crossing related improvements on Amtrak-owned infrastructure.
• Approximately $400,000 to Revere for its Walking to Wonderland Study, an initiative to create paved multi-use paths that connect residents to local educational and workforce development opportunities, eliminating the east/west pedestrian and bicycle barriers created by high-speed highways and commuter
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