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By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Route 8A between West Branch Road and Brunelle Road is fully closed due to bridge repairs. According to the contract signed with J.H. Maxymillian Inc., based out of Pittsfield, the bridge will reopen no later than Aug. 1. The wing walls and...

By PAUL FRANZ and CHRIS LARABEE

GILL — Five people were injured Friday morning in a three-car crash that forced a four-hour closure of Route 2 in Gill just east of Barton Cove, according to police.At approximately 8:42 a.m., an Audi C5 and a Hyundai Azera collided head on near the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — After learning of the poor condition of the Route 8A bridge over West Branch Brook during routine inspections, the state Department of Transportation is now accepting public comments regarding a $6 million bridge replacement...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

LEVERETT — Outraged by videos she described as “horrific,” state Rep. Natalie Blais joined state Sen. Jo Comerford at a family’s Leverett home on Tuesday afternoon to draw attention to the importance of school bus safety. Wes and Audra Goscenski, who...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Monday marked the first day that a portion of North Main Street will be routinely shut down for ongoing construction.North Main Street between Prospect and Dexter streets is scheduled to be closed to through traffic between approximately 7...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Traffic fatalities were up more than 10% year-over-year nationally in 2021, as the per-mile rate of deaths for Black and Hispanic Americans remains much higher than the per-mile rate of deaths for white Americans. Those of low socioeconomic...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Though regional school districts could receive more money to pay for student transportation than they’ve gotten in years through Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees is still...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

The French King Bridge between Gill and Erving is expected to be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic this week as the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) continues its work to install safety barriers, a project that Gill Police Chief...

GREENFIELD — Now that spring has arrived and asphalt plants are reopening, a number of public works projects across the city are resuming or commencing. Five projects, ranging from new sidewalks to road reconstruction, are ramping up over the coming...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Drivers should expect detours while traveling in Shelburne and Buckland as a pair of construction projects get underway this week.Shelburne Phase 2 of the Bridge Street construction project, paid for by a Community Development Block Grant, is set to...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

ERVING — When faced with the possibility of needing to take out a 15-year loan to replace the Church Street Bridge, town officials opted to delay the project, instead holding out hope that state funding might be allotted in the next calendar...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Supporters of enhanced passenger rail service in western Massachusetts packed the Senior Center Tuesday to testify before the legislative commission studying the project’s governance and funding.From as far afield as Greenfield, Palmer...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Representatives with the state Department of Transportation have provided feedback about the intersection of Frankton Road and Route 112, informing town officials that modifications at this location are not considered a priority.“It’s not...

By CHRIS LARABEE

MONTAGUE — After experiencing a hit-and-run earlier this month at the intersections of Routes 47 and 63, Gabrielle Slavin was looking for answers to two questions: Who hit her? And what can be done to fix a road design that’s experienced more than 35...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional and Pioneer Valley transit authorities are on deck to receive a share of a proposed $6 million of extra transit spending in Gov. Maura Healey’s recently unveiled state budget proposal.The first proposed budget by the...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — The town partnered with the state Department of Transportation and WSP Consultants to apply for a federal grant to help replace the Schell Bridge.MassDOT has requested $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

For the first time in nearly two years, the General Pierce Bridge connecting Greenfield and Montague over the Connecticut River is open at full capacity.The bridge, which has been closed for a multi-year construction project since April 26, 2021, was...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Ask and you shall receive, even if that request is something as big as a temporary bridge.That’s the lesson Conway learned when the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) closed the second bridge on North Poland Road in November 2022...