MassDOT presents House 1 transportation plan: billions for roads, bridges, MBTA and regional transit

Monica Tibbetsnutt, Secretary of Transportation and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that the governor’s House 1 budget proposes major investments aimed at maintaining the state’s roads, bridges and transit system and boosting workforce capacity.

“This budget reflects a bold vision for mobility across our state,” Tibbetsnutt said, outlining a package of operating and capital recommendations intended to stabilize MBTA operations, increase Chapter 90 funding for municipalities, and unlock borrowing capacity via fair-share revenue directed to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund.

Why it matters: House 1 proposes multi-year funding intended to address deferred maintenance, improve resilience and support regional transit authorities and the MBTA. The plan would shift additional fair-share revenue into transportation to increase capital borrowing capacity and fund long-term projects that the administration says will deliver road, bridge and transit improvements across the Commonwealth.

Top line items the administration highlighted include roughly $765,000,000 in proposed fair-share allocations to transportation in FY26, a proposal to unlock approximately $5,000,000,000 in transportation capital over the next decade, $1,500,000,000 over five years targeted to Chapter 90 road improvements and $1,500,000,000 for road and bridge life-cycle asset…