Bill > H4505

This bill authorizes and accelerates transportation investment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The key provisions include: - Authorizing over $11 billion in transportation funding for projects on the interstate and non-interstate federal highway system, nonfederally-aided roadways and bridges, the approaches to the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges, municipal small bridges, traffic congestion reduction, and municipal roadways. - Providing $790 million for rail and transit improvements, $330 million for regional transit networks, and $400 million for South Coast Rail and Green Line Extension projects. - Allocating $150 million for airport improvements and $475 million for transportation planning, programming, and active transportation infrastructure. - Allowing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to use cost-plus-time bidding for certain transportation projects that interfere with traffic. - Enabling the issuance of over $12 billion in bonds and federal grant anticipation notes to fund the various transportation investments. The bill aims to make the Commonwealth's transportation system more reliable, address deferred maintenance, and modernize and expand the system.

Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets (H)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4505