Plenty For Framingham In Leg's $16.5B Transportation Bond Bill

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The state House and Senate agreed on a $16.5 billion transportation bond early Wednesday morning, and there's more than $22 million in the bill for a variety of Framingham projects.

The bill now heads to Gov. Charlie Baker for approval, although the proposal is much different from the $18 billion bill he sent to the Legislature in 2019. The bill passed unanimously in both the House and Senate, except a lone "no" vote by Sutton Republican state Sen. Ryan Fattman.

Here's what's in the bill for Framingham, not including funding for projects up and down the Worcester-Framingham commuter rail line:

• $8 million "for the purchase, construction or rehabilitation" of a downtown parking garage
• $5 million for parking improvements near the Framingham commuter rail station
• $2 million to fix a flooding problem at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 126
• $2 million for intersection improvements near the commuter rail station
• $2.5 million for sound barriers along the Mass Pike for Vaillencourt Drive, Kings Row Lane, Richmond Lane, Fenway Drive, Norman Drive, Cherry Drive, King street and Gleason Street
• $1.5 million for safety improvements along Route 9 in Framingham
• $1 million for general pedestrian safety improvements
• $750,000 for adaptive signal control along Route 30
• $400,000 for the Framingham Traffic Commission for a downtown traffic study
• $300,000 for electric vehicle charging stations
• $100,000 to buy radar speed signs