Transportation

The Worcester Business Center has begun a 25-year lease agreement with Green Street Power Partners of Connecticut to build a 2 megawatt, 2.6-acre carport canopy solar array in the parking lot of its office space complex.

JetBlue Airways teased a Wednesday announcement related to the Worcester, but ahead of a midday press conference, direct flights from Worcester Regional Airport to New York City, as well as Fort Lauderdale, Fla. were already available for booking, beginning Aug. 20.

A key committee led by Rep. William Straus and Sen. Joe Boncore is recommending that the local road and bridge repair program known as Chapter 90 be funded at $200 million for another year, but the Democrats are also proposing to increase funding for three additional infrastructure grant programs by $75 million.

The Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation has partnered with the rideshare company Lyft and the City of Worcester to provide Worcester residents free and discounted rides to and from COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Central Massachusetts professionals are taking new jobs and getting promoted at companies like Estate Preservation Law Offices, Avidia Bank, AdCare Hospital and Banjo Health.

The board of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority public transportation system voted on Thursday morning to extend its fare-free system through Jan. 1.

The average gasoline price in Massachusetts on Monday increased 5 cents from last week, which comes a week after it rose 6 cents per gallon, according to a report from travel association AAA Northeast.

The gasoline price in Massachusetts jumped 6 cents this week to an average of $2.86 per gallon of regular unleaded on Monday, according to the travel association AAA Northeast. 

The Worcester Red Sox and the City of Worcester jointly announced parking plans for Polar Park on Monday in advance of the team's first home game on May 11, including a variety of publicly and privately-owned parking options spanning up to a 10-minute walk away from the stadium.

If President Joe Biden can secure enough congressional support for his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, Massachusetts officials will need to be ready to take advantage of the funding influx, construction and design industry leaders say.