Transportation

Every state in New England is poised to receive an above-average injection of federal infrastructure money, funding that could play a key role after years where the region's rate of investment lagged other states, a new report concluded.

Northborough manufacturer Aspen Aerogels, Inc. has secured $340 million in financing to help pay for the construction of the company’s Statesboro, Georgia facility.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has fallen 5 cents from last week’s $3.81.

When Polar Park was first announced in August 2018, Worcester's pay-for-itself plan for it was centered around six proposed buildings from Boston developer Madison Properties. But that development has since significantly shrunk in size and been delayed.

Atlanta developer Portman Industrial has withdrawn a proposal to build a 1.2-million-square-foot warehouse in Hudson, following a lawsuit by its neighbors to stop the project.

If electric vehicles really take off as many environmental activists are hoping they will, highway service plazas like the ones along the Mass. Turnpike could need 20-plus chargers and might use as much electricity as a small town to accommodate fast-charging on peak travel days, a new National Grid study found.

The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts continues rising. This week the price went up one cent to $3.85– marking an overall 26 cent increase in the last month, according to travel association AAA Northeast. 

The price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has risen to $3.84 from last week’s $3.77, according to a Monday press release from travel association AAA Northeast.

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak will step down from the transit agency's top post in January, ending a four-year tenure dotted with a handful of major accomplishments as well as harrowing failures.

Three neighbors of an Intel manufacturing facility in Hudson have filed a lawsuit to halt plans to construct a proposed 1.2-million-square-foot distribution warehouse on the property.