The project’s design replaces aging viaducts with a ground-level highway, a transit hub, and multimodal infrastructure.
The federal government is rescinding $327 million in federal funding for the Mass Pike Allston Multimodal Project in Boston’s Allston neighborhood, reports Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez for WBUR. “The project would replace the current, crumbling series of viaducts with a ground-level highway, build a new ‘West Station’ transit hub, improve accessibility, and free up an isolated rail yard for redevelopment.”
As Perdomo-Hernandez explains, “The claw back is part of President Trump’s tax and spending law, which rescinded unobligated funds awarded under the Biden-era Neighborhood Access and Equity Program.”
The governor and state transportation secretary both expressed the state’s continued commitment to the project, saying they plan to move forward with a new funding plan. According to former state transportation secretary Jim Aloisi, “I think that there are ways in which they can work with the community, work with the city of Boston, the city of Cambridge, work with other stakeholders to significantly reduce costs.”
FULL STORY: State loses $327 million in federal funding for Mass Pike project in Allston
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