Fiscal Year 2027 Chapter 90 apportionment
The Chapter 90 Program provides annual formula funding to cities and towns for transportation infrastructure improvements. Funding levels for the Chapter 90 Program are established on an annual basis. Based on the amount legislatively approved, each of the Commonwealth’s 351 municipalities are allocated a portion of overall program dollars each state fiscal year, which runs July 1 through June 30. Learn more about the Chapter 90 Program on Grant Central.
The Healey-Driscoll Administration has committed $300 million to the Chapter 90 Program for Fiscal Year 2027. Funds are not available for use until the Commonwealth's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget is officially approved and signed into law. Per the budget filing, $300 million in Chapter 90 funding is to be distributed to municipalities in Fiscal Year 2027 via the following method:
- $200 million distributed via the standard formula of a municipality’s local road mileage (58.33%), population (20.83%), and employment (20.83%).
- $100 million distributed via a formula of local road mileage only.
Local road mileage is gathered from MassDOT’s Road Inventory File. Population data is collected using decennial census data from United States Census Bureau. Employment figures are provided by the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance.
Municipalities are provided with a letter each February detailing their anticipated apportionment for the upcoming fiscal year. The apportionments for Fiscal Year 2027, as well as the determining formula factors, are also listed below. Apportionments from past fiscal years are also available to view and download.