State Funds for Roads Good, but Late
Gov. Deval Patrick recently announced Chapter 90 money for Massachusetts' highway departments. Northborough is getting, roughly, the same as last year.
The House and Senate last Wednesday authorized $200 million in funds for the upcoming fiscal year for the Commonwealth's roads and bridges. Chapter 90 funding aids cities and towns in money for infrastructure repair and other public works-related costs. As with school costs, the amount allocated in federal funding affects greatly the fiscal budget for the town; until the state funding is announced, the administration can only hope to predict incoming sources of state funding. Usually, Chapter 90 allocation is announced much ealier, allowing for towns to accurately balance the amounts into its upcoming fiscal budget. In FY2012, Northborough received $469,731 in Chapter 90 funds. Since the state funded it at the same level for FY2013, Town …
