road repairs

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.

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...

There's no doubt New Bedford streets need a make over. The Mitchell administration plans to allocate millions of tax dollars to put in the fix and keep utility companies from carving up the streets after they've been healed. I'm just curious about the timing...

A coalition of unions and community groups say they've submitted a proposed ballot question aimed at funneling more money into education and transportation by creating an additional tax on those who earn more than a million dollars a year...