Central Massachusetts communities have received a combined $1.3 million in grant funding through the state’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program, MassDOT announced on Tuesday.
The funding is spread across six towns, including Grafton, Hudson, Leicester, Paxton, Southborough and Southbridge.
The Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program was launched on Nov. 10, according to a press release from MassDOT, and is designed to provide technical and funding support for cities and towns looking to implement tactical changes to curbs, streets, and parking areas in support of public health, safe mobility, and renewed commerce, with a special focus on the particular challenges of winter.
Most of the funding in Central Mass. will go toward improving pedestrian signage and walkways. Hudson, however, will use its $285,746 award to build a new, lighted Riverwalk along the Assabet River, which will include benches, picnic tables, trash receptacles and educational signage.
Southborough, in turn, will use its $230,950 to support a new Southborough History Walk, which will feature new sidewalks on Route 85 and a new plaza adjacent to the town’s public library, as well as paths around the Old Burial Ground.
All awards for this funding round in Central Mass. include:
- Grafton, $300,000
- Hudson, $285,746.49
- Leicester, $134,101
- Paxton, $22,835.76
- Southborough, $290,000
- Southbridge, $230,950
