Bill > H4397

This bill authorizes and accelerates transportation investment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Key provisions include: - Authorizing over $13 billion in funding for projects on the interstate and non-interstate federal highway system, non-federally aided roadways and bridges, municipal small bridges, transit-supportive infrastructure, rail improvements, South Coast Rail, Green Line extension, South Station improvements, and airport modernization. - Establishing the Federal Transit Funding Maximization Fund to allow the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority and Southeastern Regional Transit Authority to partner with private transportation providers to increase federal transit funding. - Allowing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to use "cost-plus-time bidding" for certain transportation projects that interfere with traffic, awarding projects to the responsible bidder with the lowest bid value plus time for completion. - Extending the expiration date of capital accounts authorized in prior transportation bond bills to June 30, 2024. - Authorizing the reuse of unencumbered funds from prior transportation bond bills for the purposes outlined in this bill.

Budget and Finance

Joint Committee on Transportation (J)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4397