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Healy proposes $8 billion, 10‑year transportation plan to repair bridges, speed the T and expand service
Summary
Governor Maura T. Healey proposed a $8 billion, 10‑year investment to repair bridges and roads, close MBTA funding gaps, expand commuter rail and make regional bus service fare‑free in parts of the state.
BOSTON — Governor Maura T. Healey proposed a $8 billion investment over 10 years Tuesday to repair bridges and roads, close the MBTA's budget gap and expand transit service across Massachusetts.
Healy said the plan would fund major projects and give towns more money to fix local streets and sidewalks. "Our plan is to invest $8,000,000,000 over the next 10 years to make transportation in every corner of our state more secure, more safe, more reliable," she told the joint convention.
The governor credited recent federal grants and hiring at the MBTA with ending slow zones and speeding repairs. She highlighted station upgrades at Ruggles and Roxbury and new commuter‑rail platforms at several locations, and said the plan would fund smaller local bridge repairs such as the I‑391 viaduct in Chicopee and Commercial Street in East Weymouth.
Healy said the administration will not finance the plan with new taxes and described it as a combination of smarter management and federal funding. She also said regional bus systems from the Berkshires to Cape Ann have been made fare‑free and that South Coast Rail service will begin this spring to Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford.
No formal vote or legislative action occurred at the joint convention; the governor said the administration will submit budget requests to support the plan.
