Healey signs $375 million infrastructure package delivering Chapter 90 funds to Massachusetts cities and towns

Governor Maura Healey on Friday signed a bill in Melrose that she said will deliver $375,000,000 in infrastructure investments statewide, including $200,000,000 in Chapter 90 municipal roadway funding and an additional $175,000,000 in infrastructure grants to cities and towns.

At a ceremony in Melrose, Mayor Jen Gregoraitis said the Chapter 90 funding is “an indispensable resource” for local governments, noting it pays for resurfacing, pothole repair and a wider set of transportation projects. “Chapter 90 is an indispensable resources resource for cities like Melrose,” Gregoraitis said, and she listed recent local work supported by such dollars, naming sidewalk additions on Altamon Ave, Speer Street and Hancock Street, intersection calming on Poplar Street, Emerson Street and Warwick Road, and improvements in…