Chapter 90

BOSTON — On Wednesday, Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) voted in favor of a three-year, $600 million transportation financing bill that will provide cities and towns with much needed support for local road and bridge repairs over a three-year period...

The House is sticking with the $200 million funding level for annual road repairs, an allocation that falls far short of what cities and towns say is needed.

The House of Representatives advanced a bond bill that provides cities and towns, including New Bedford, with state dollars for local road and bridge repairs.

It's pothole season in Massachusetts, and Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday said he'll soon be filing legislation awaited each year by municipal officials eyeing the approaching construction season and a chance to fix their winter-battered pavement.

The Massachusetts House of Representative and Senate agreed Friday to compromise on a one-year, $200 million local road repair bill. Earlier this month the Senate passed its version of the bill which contained two years' worth of funding rather than the one year proposed by the House...

The Massachusetts Senate today approved a new multi-year road bill that will bring just over $2 million in funding to New Bedford. The vote comes just one week after the House approved its version of the bill, which featured one year's worth of $200 million in Chapter 90 funding...

Representative Antonio F.D. Cabral (D - New Bedford) voted yesterday afternoon to advance a bill that provides state dollars to cities and towns, including New Bedford, for local road repairs. The House of Representatives passed the annual “Chapter 90” bill yesterday after consideration from the Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, which Rep...

A pair of road reconstruction projects are underway in New Bedford's South Central neighborhood.  The city's Department of Public Infrastructure is overseeing the reconstruction of Purchase Street, between Wing and Russell Streets, and Pleasant Street, between Wing and County...