"As a result, the town has been deemed noncompliant by the state and was sued last week by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alongside eight other municipalities. The grant was awarded in October 2024 through the Healey-Driscoll administration's Community One Stop for Growth program and administered by the Executive Office of Economic Development. In its award letter, the EOED warned that no contract would be executed if the town remained noncompliant with Section 3A of Chapter 40A, the MBTA Communities Act. The EOED declined to comment."
"The MassWorks-funded project would have fully reconstructed the Boston Street (Route 62) intersection with South Main Street (Route 114), including widening the roadway, adding new traffic signals, drainage improvements, and updating pavement markings and signage. MassDOT classifies the Route 114 and Route 62 intersection as a high-crash location and was listed as a "Top 5% Intersection Crash Cluster" statewide for the 2018-2020 reporting period, the most recent data available."
Middleton lost a $2 million state infrastructure grant intended to fund a MassWorks reconstruction of the Route 62 and Route 114 intersection in Middleton Square because the town failed to adopt required MBTA Communities Act zoning. Town meeting rejected the zoning twice, leading the state to deem Middleton noncompliant and prompting a lawsuit by the attorney general alongside eight other municipalities. The grant, awarded in October 2024 through the Community One Stop for Growth program and administered by EOED, carried a warning that no contract would be executed if noncompliance continued. The targeted intersection is a MassDOT-designated high-crash location and a Top 5% crash cluster for 2018-2020; planned improvements included widening, new signals, drainage, and updated markings and signage.
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