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More than 100 years after the last stone was set on the “salt and pepper” towers of the Longfellow Bridge, MassDOT will begin dismantling the towers for storage, cleaning, and repair as part of the Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation Project. The work is anticipated to begin …Continue Reading Longfellow Bridge: “Salt and Pepper” Towers Work
President Obama in his budget released this week recommended federal funding to support the Green Line Extension, marking a significant milestone for a project that will bring thousands of new jobs to the region and create new economic opportunity. The President’s proposal includes $100 million …Continue Reading Green Line Extension Funds in Presidential Budget
One of the Patrick Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program “mega projects” continues to advance ahead of schedule in Worcester-Shrewsbury. As of early March, traffic has been completely shifted to the first half of the new Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge. This milestone was reached four months …Continue Reading Burns Bridge Project: Demolition Underway
The MBTA Government Center Station will be closed beginning on Saturday, March 22, 2014, for two years while crews reconstruct the station into a fully accessible, safer, modern, more comfortable facility. The station will reopen in spring 2016. Public presentations regarding the Government Center Project …Continue Reading MBTA Government Center Closing: Public Meetings
MassDOT Highway Administrator Frank DePaola says construction work is on schedule as part of the $19.3 million rehabilitation of the Callahan Tunnel. DePaola provided the media with an update during a tour of the tunnel structure. The tunnel is scheduled to reopen on March 12, …Continue Reading Callahan Tunnel: Work on Schedule
MassDOT in coordination with Greyhound Lines, Inc., today announced new regional transportation services beginning in early March as part of the new BusPlus program to increase the intercity and commuter transportation options available across the Commonwealth and all of New England. BusPlus is a public/private …Continue Reading MassDOT “BusPlus” New Regional Service Announced
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Beginning on Wednesday, July 17, motorists will encounter a new traffic pattern at the I-90/I-95 interchange in Weston. The temporary change is intended to help alleviate traffic congestion. If a two-week trial period proves successful as models predict, the new traffic pattern will be made …Continue Reading Weston I-90/I-95 New Traffic Pattern Begin July 17
MassDOT’s Callahan Tunnel Project begins with a full tunnel closure for rehabilitation at 11:00 pm, Friday, December 27, 2013 through March 12, 2014. The Callahan Tunnel Project web page now includes detour maps. The detour routes were carefully developed by the project team with input …Continue Reading Callahan Tunnel Closure: Detour Maps Posted
MassDOT Secretary & CEO Richard A. Davey today joined local officials to break ground on the new Wachusett Commuter Rail Station in West Fitchburg. The Wachusett Extension project will extend the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line 4.5 miles westerly to a new station at Wachusett in …Continue Reading West Fitchburg: New Wachusett Rail Station
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