{"id":904,"date":"2023-03-30T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2023-04-28T10:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:35:05","slug":"timilty-passes-legislation-authorizing-ch-90-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/timilty-passes-legislation-authorizing-ch-90-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Timilty Passes Legislation Authorizing Ch. 90 Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Timilty Passes Legislation Authorizing Chapter 90 Funding<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(BOSTON \u2013 03\/30\/2023) State Senator Walter F. Timilty, along with his colleagues in the State Senate on Thursday passed a bill that includes $350 million in bond authorizations for transportation needs across the state, including $200 million for the state\u2019s Chapter 90 program, which provides municipalities with a reliable funding source for transportation-related improvements, including road and bridge repairs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation will maintain and improve our state\u2019s infrastructure, and ensure that residents have safe and reliable transportation options,\u201d said Timilty. &#8220;Together, my Senate colleagues and I have worked collaboratively to ensure the transportation needs of our cities and towns are addressed in a regionally equitable manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This legislation also authorizes $150 million in programs that will assist municipalities with various transportation-related projects. This includes $25 million for each of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the municipal small bridge program;<\/li>\n<li>the complete streets program;<\/li>\n<li>a bus transit infrastructure program;<\/li>\n<li>grants to increase access to mass transit and commuter rail stations;<\/li>\n<li>grants for municipalities and regional transit authorities to purchase electric vehicles and the infrastructure needed to support them;<\/li>\n<li>and new funding dedicated to additional transportation support based on road mileage, which is particularly helpful for rural communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A different version having previously been passed in the House of Representatives, the two chambers will now reconcile differences before sending the bill to the Governor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timilty Passes Legislation Authorizing Chapter 90 Funding (BOSTON \u2013 03\/30\/2023) State Senator Walter F. Timilty, along with his colleagues in &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/timilty-passes-legislation-authorizing-ch-90-funding\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}