Marlborough Meeting Held For Public Input To MassDOT Capital Plan

MARLBOROUGH, MA—The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is holding 12 public meetings in locations across the state, including Marlborough, to present and discuss the draft MassDOT Five-Year Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Update. Public input received at the meetings from May 15 to May 24 will be considered before the CIP is finalized.

MassDOT’s strategic Capital Investment Plan uses state and federal money to fund transportation investments across Massachusetts, said the announcement. These include all MassDOT highway and municipal projects, regional airports, rail and transit projects including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Regional Transit Authorities as well as the MassDOT Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV).

Already, MassDOT has received more than 1,100 public comments through its online commenting tool, emails and letters, and many of these comments have been incorporated into the CIP draft. Officials hope to increase public input with these meetings:

They are:

· Barnstable Monday, May 15, 6 p.m., Hyannis Transportation Center

· Brockton Monday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., Arnone School Cafeteria

· Leominster Tuesday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., Leominster City Hall

· Springfield Tuesday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., Springfield City Hall

· Worcester Wednesday, May 17, 6:30 p.m., Union Station, 2nd Floor

· Lawrence Thursday, May 18, 6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 51 Lawrence Street

· Greenfield Monday, May 22, 5:30 p.m., John W. Olver Transit Center, 12 Oliver Street

· Boston Monday, May 22, 6:30 p.m., BCYF Leahy-Holloran Community Center, 1 Worrell Street, Dorchester

· Lenox Tuesday, May 23, 6:30 p.m., MassDOT District 1 Headquarters

· Salem Tuesday, May 23, 6:30 p.m., Salem City Hall Annex

· Marlborough Wednesday, May 24, 6:30 p.m., Marlborough Senior Center

· Dartmouth Wednesday, May 24, 6:30 p.m., UMass Dartmouth Law School, Moot Courtroom

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