Skanska - Wed May 06, 2026
Skanska Awarded $1.06B MBTA Bridge Replacement, Track, Signal Upgrades
Skanska announced it has been awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to deliver the $1.06 billion North Station Draw One Bridge Replacement and Associated Track and Signal upgrades project across Cambridge, Boston and Somerville, Mass....
Office of Gov. Maura Healey - Thu January 29, 2026
Governor Healey Releases Plan for $8B Transportation Investment
Governor Maura Healey announced a plan to make investments in the state's roads, bridges and regional transportation system and stabilize the finances of the MBTA, putting it on a path of stability. The investments — representing $8 billion over the next 10 years — would be done without raising taxes and represent the largest state transportation investment in more than 20 years by maximizing Fair Share revenue and other existing resources, according to the governor....
MassDOT - Mon January 19, 2026
MassDOT Announces Winners of 2025 “Name A Snowplow” Contest
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced the winners of the fourth annual "Name a Snowplow" contest for elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts on Dec. 19, 2025....
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....
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....
StreetsblogMASS - Thu August 28, 2025
Center-Running Transitway for Boston's Green Line to Be Built Along Pair of City Streets
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the City of Boston have "tentatively" agreed to eliminate a major source of delays on the Green Line with a new dedicated transitway that will run down the middle of Huntington and South Huntington avenues in the city's Mission Hill neighborhood, StreetsblogMASS reported Aug....
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....
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....
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....
