Shared Winter Streets News Today

The Herald News Six SouthCoast cities and towns were recently awarded funding for new traffic safety measures, trail connections, bikeshare stations, bus facilities and areas for outdoor dining and community activities. Dighton, Fairhaven, Raynham, Somerset, Swansea and Taunton were among 77 municipalities across the state that applied for and received a total of $6.5 million in funding from the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program.   The program provides technical and funding assistance t...

Baker-Polito administration announces $6.5 million awarded to municipalities COURTESY OF BAKER-POLITO ADMINISTRATION Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito joined acting transportation secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler and highway administrator Jonathan Gulliver in Dedham to announce the award of $6.5 million total to cities and towns which applied for funding from the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program.  The program provides technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts municipalities con...

The Select Board voted to end the local state of emergency and to reopen Town Hall by June 15.

Chamber Corner: Auburn buzzing over major projects in town

WINCHENDON — Residents can expect to see some big changes all across the downtown Toy Town area. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently announced the next recipients of the next round of funding from the Baker-Polito administration’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces Program, which includes Winchendon. The town will receive $243,600 to create a safe, Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant walking route connecting Murdock High School, Memorial Elementary School,...

Town of Ipswich awarded $157,850 state grant COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF IPSWICH The town of Ipswich recently announced it has received a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to help create a year-round outdoor dining and gathering space that will help support downtown businesses. The $157,850 grant will fund continuation of the Take-Out Terrace program, which seeks to create a permanent, welcoming space along the nationally-designated Essex Coastal Scenic Byway and the Ipswich...

Fall River Receives Grant for Bike and Pedestrian Infrastructure Fall River is switching gears and putting a stronger focus on cyclists and pedestrians. According to the press release, Fall River was announced by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) as the recipient of a $229,256.55 grant in the fifth round of funding from the Baker-Polito Administration’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program on Monday, April 5. The program, which was launched on November 10, 2020, pro...

Millbury receives grant for public spaces The Millbury-Sutton Chronicle Frost and Moore Announce Millbury Awarded Grant for Improving Public Spaces BOSTON — Rep. Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn, and Sen. Michael O. Moore, D-Millbury, announced that the town of Millbury has been selected as a recipient of a grant from the Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program, an initiative offered by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that enables municipalities to improve the condition of public ...

Wakefield receives MassDOT funding.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced Monday its award of $725,418 in Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program grants for five cities in Central Massachusetts to take initiative on challenges during the winter months.