Press Release  Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $6.6 Million in Complete Streets Funding Program Awards

BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration is awarding $6.6 million to 15 communities as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 Round 2 of grants for the Complete Streets Funding Program. These grant awards will be used by recipient municipalities to fund local multimodal infrastructure projects that improve travel for pedestrians, public transit users, bicyclists, and people using other forms of transportation.

“Our Complete Streets program empowers municipalities across the Commonwealth to make upgrades to accessibility, quality of life, and safety for all road users,” said Interim MassDOT Secretary and MBTA General Manager Phil Eng. “Through targeted investments in safer crosswalks, improved sidewalks, bike infrastructure, and transit enhancements, we are creating corridors that are safer, more connected, and more vibrant. Under the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s leadership and key support from the Legislature, these projects strengthen communities and local economies that ensure a multimodal transportation system that works for all modes and residents.”   

“We are ready to partner with these communities and put critical resources to good use through the Complete Streets Funding Program,” said Undersecretary and State Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver.  “These projects will result in a variety of benefits including pedestrian improvements, accessibility upgrades, and better transit access, through tailored solutions designed to meet the needs of each recipient community.  Congratulations to this round’s winners and thank you for your partnership in making transportation investments that improve safety, mobility, and economic activity.”

A Complete Street enables safe, convenient, and comfortable travel for users of all ages and abilities, regardless of their mode of transportation. Administered by MassDOT, the Complete Streets Funding Program aims to teach communities about Complete Streets and encourage the integration of Complete Streets into regular local planning practices. Of the 15 projects selected, 12 will benefit Environmental Justice communities.  

The MassDOT Complete Streets Funding Program was launched in 2016 and provides technical assistance and construction funding to eligible municipalities to plan and implement Complete Streets. Prior to this round, the Complete Streets Funding Program has awarded 568 technical assistance and construction project grants across the Commonwealth, totaling over $123 million. 

This round of funding provides funding to the following communities: 

•  Andover received $499,971 for the Tewksbury Street Sidewalk Project. This project will include a new sidewalk from Yardley Road to Oak Street which will provide access to the MBTA Ballardvale Commuter Rail Station and the Ballardvale Playground. The project also includes ADA-compliant curb ramps.
• Ashland received $500,000 for improvements at the intersection of Union Street and Fountain Street. The project will include a full reconstruction of the traffic signal to enhance the safety and accessibility for pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. The project will also include new crosswalks, ADA-compliant curb ramps, detectable warning panels, and pedestrian countdown signal heads with accessible push buttons, curb extensions, and a new 5-foot bike lane.
• Athol received $249,225.96 for the Greening Lord Pond Plaza project. The overall project will daylight the Mill Brook and provide improvements to the current parking lot. Complete Streets will provide funding for concrete sidewalks throughout the project.
• Bridgewater received $499,989.60 for Summer Street and Plymouth Street Intersection Pedestrian Improvements. The project will include the tightening of intersection radii, updated signal timing and pedestrian signals, new crosswalks, and ADA-compliant curb ramps with detectable warning panels.
• Clinton received $225,000 for the Walnut Street Sidewalk and Bicycle Network Connection Project. The project includes new sidewalks, curbing, street lighting, and landscaping on segments of Union, Walnut and Prospect Streets. The Complete Streets award will provide funding for the light fixtures in the project.
• Fairhaven received $499,850 for the reconstruction of Bridge Street between Route 6 and Alden Road. The project includes a buffered 8-foot-wide shared use path on the northern side of the street and a 6-foot sidewalk on the southern side. The project also includes upgraded crosswalks, ADA-compliant accommodations, RRFBs, and Accessible Pedestrian Signals.
• Ipswich received $500,000 for Complete Streets improvements to Linebrook Road and High Street/Lord Square intersection. The project on Linebrook Road will include new sidewalks, ADA-compliant cross slopes, curb ramps, granite curbing, and a landscaped buffer zone. The project at Lord Square will improve the pedestrian crossing by installing ADA-compliant curb ramps, a pedestrian refuge island, and a restriped crosswalk.
• Malden received $500,000 for intersection improvements at Main Street at Eastern St. and Madison St. and for improvements to the Lebanon St. /Maplewood St. North Corridor. The projects will include ADA-compliant curb ramps, APS/countdown/ADA compliant signals, curb extensions, crosswalk improvements, and transit stop improvements.
• Middleborough received $500,000 for Center Street Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements. The project includes an 8-foot-wide shared use path on Center Street from Anderson Avenue to Lovell Street. The project also includes ADA/AAB-compliant curb ramps, and RRFBs.
• Milford received $479,923.08 for Complete Streets improvements on Central Street, Pearl Street, and School Street. The project will include crosswalks, ADA-compliant curb ramps, RRFBs, intersection geometry improvements, reducing the of roadway width, and concrete sidewalks.
• Norfolk received $499,240.26 to construct a 10-foot-wide shared use path along the Medway Branch Roadway from Barnstable Road to Tucker Road. This is the first step for a larger project to connect the path to Boardman Street. The project will also include ADA-compliant curb ramps and high-visibility crosswalks.
• Plainville received $190,329.65 for the Messenger Street and Taunton Street Intersection Improvement Project. The project will include ADA-compliant curb ramps with tactile warning panels, high visibility crosswalks, and the installation of accessible pedestrian signals.
• Somerville received $500,000 for the Gilman Square Roadway Improvement Project. The project includes the reconstruction of sidewalks on Pearl Street to the McGrath Highway to Medford Street, including the Gilman Square intersection. The project will also include curb ramps, raised crosswalks, curb extensions, road repaving, protected bicycle facilities, intersection geometric changes, seating, and bike parking.
• Westport received $499,800 for the Sanford Road Pedestrian and Roadway Safety Improvement Project. This project will provide new sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, and new signage.
• Wilbraham received $500,000 for the Stony Hill Road/Springfield Street Intersection Improvement project. The project includes intersection widening and realignment, traffic control systems upgrades, and improved sidewalks, pedestrian ramps and the deployment of RRFBs at key pedestrian crossings.

Municipalities may apply for up to $1,000,000 in construction project funding in one application. Examples of project elements that can be implemented through the program include sidewalks, multimodal paths, bicycle lanes, improved street lighting, and pedestrian signalization at crosswalks or intersections.   

For more information about the Complete Streets Funding Program, visit  the Complete Streets website.  

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