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Here’s what Boston’s doing to prevent flooding if disaster strikes

The City of Boston on Friday tested out removable flood barriers in case of emergency — the same barriers that had just helped keep storm surge from swamping a hospital in Tampa amid the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Friday...

Doug Ford wants a tunnel under Ontario’s Highway 401. He could learn something from Boston’s ‘Big Dig’

Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford wants to dig Canada’s largest city out of its traffic woes. The pitch is to build an expressway for vehicles, and possibly transit too, under...

Ontario’s ‘Big Dig?’ What the province can learn from Boston’s mega-highway project | CBC News

As Ontario considers building a tunnel underneath Highway 401, some say the provincial government can learn from a similar highway megaproject south of the border. The Boston Central Artery Tunnel project, better known as the Big Dig, involved replacing a six-lane elevated expressway...

Climate protesters lock themselves to State House gates

Climate protesters locked themselves to the State House gates Monday, saying they won’t move until they are removed by the police or until the state bans new fossil fuel infrastructure. Extinction Rebellion Boston released the photo of three protesters...

Feds fully funding North Station drawbridge replacement

Massachusetts will get nearly half a billion dollars in federal money to help replace a drawbridge connecting North Station to railways north of Boston, Gov. Maura Healey's office announced Monday. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the MBTA $472 million...

Mass. wins $472 million in federal money for replacing North Station Draw One Bridge – The Boston Globe

Federal funding was announced for another major bridge replacement project in Massachusetts on Monday, after officials secured hundreds of millions of dollars for a near century-old drawbridge spanning the Charles River.In what state officials are touting as a “game-changer,”...

MBTA gets $472M federal grant, largest in agency’s history

The MBTA will receive nearly a half-billion dollars in federal funds to replace a Depression-era drawbridge over the Charles River, the largest federal grant it has ever won, the agency said Monday.The Draw One bridge connects Boston and Cambridge,...

Feds will fully fund the North Station drawbridge replacement

September 23, 2024Chris Lisinski, State House News ServiceMassachusetts will get nearly half a billion dollars in federal money to help replace a drawbridge connecting North Station to railways north of Boston, Gov. Maura Healey's office announced Monday.The U.S. Department...

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Boston Sports Legends Share Strong Honor At ‘The Tradition’

BOSTON — The Sports Museum inducted six more members Wednesday night to a number of familiar faces that shaped...