PITTSFIELD, Mass. Berkshire County s rail trail will continue into Pittsfield in the next year and then through South County in the future. In mid-December, construction began on the extension of the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail that will connect Adams to Pittsfield. This 1.56-mile extension will run south from the vicinity of mall Connector Road to Crane Avenue. The trail will be a 10 feet-wide, paved, shared-use path that is part of the trail system that currently runs nearly 13 miles through Lanesborough to Lime Street in Adams. The trail extension currently under design will travel along Route 8 for several hundred feet and then around the boundaries of Unistress Construction yard. It will then go back up to the former Housatonic Railroad rail bed and at that point will stay on the old rail bed straight down to Crane Avenue.
A long-delayed project to replace a heavily traveled, century-old rail bridge in northern New Jersey has received key federal funding that allows full construction to go forward.
Portal Bridge funding deal signed, plans for long-awaited project can now move forward
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
State and federal officials applaud after signing a $766 million funding agreement Thursday to replace the 110-year old Portal rail bridge over the Hackensack River. Form left to right are Transportation Commissioner Diane, Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Gov. Phil Murphy (standing) , Kevin Corbett, NJ Transit CEO and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez.
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It’s all set except for hiring a construction company to build the new Portal Bridge.
Gov. Phil Murphy and other dignitaries signed an agreement Thursday afternoon with the Federal Transit Administration for the long-awaited $766.5 million in federal funding for the $1.8 billion project. That’s the final step toward hiring construction companies to replace the 110-year old swing bridge that carries Amtrak’s busy Northeast Corridor line across the Hackensack River in Kearny.
Richmond’s bike share expansion braked for pandemic but rolling again
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Two years after it got underway, a long-planned expansion of Richmond’s bike share program has been further prolonged by the effects of the pandemic which has likewise shifted the program’s usage to a lower gear.
But recent funding commitments from the city to keep the program going are providing a clearer road ahead to seeing the expansion through.
Launched four years ago, RVA Bike Share has long been lined up for a second implementation phase that would double the size of its fleet to 440 bikes and 40 dock stations. That $1.5 million expansion started rolling out in 2019. But two years later, the program’s station count remains around 20 with two of those stations currently closed due to damage or other issues.