southcoast rail

During his State Of The State address Wednesday night, Gov. Deval Patrick provided details on how he plans to pay for ambitious transportation and education programs over the next few years.  Patrick says hiking the income tax by 1%, and cutting back the sales tax by nearly 2% should generate two billion dollars in new spending...

The Patrick Administration has including $1.8 billion for the Southcoast Rail Project, as part of a ten year, $13 billion, transportation finance plan.  State Transportation Secretary Richard Davey says the state's key tranportation issues must be addressed...

New Bedford needs to prepare for South Coast Rail while we still have Governor Deval Patrick in office. That's the word from former New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang, who urged legislators and business leaders in the city this morning to lobby for funding to reconstruct hazardous freight lines throughout the area...