I-90 Allston Project Update
July 25, 2025
On July 22, 2025, MassDOT organized an I-90 Allston Task Force meeting to provide updates on the project schedule and overall finance plan. Luisa Paiewonsky, the Executive Director of MassDOT’s Megaproject Delivery Team, previously released a statement affirming support for the project, despite the recent news that Congress and the Trump Administration would be rescinding a federal infrastructure grant for the project. At this meeting, three things were clear:
- There is still overwhelming support to deliver this project: from MassDOT leadership, to the City of Boston, to community leaders, to our peer environmental and transportation advocacy organizations the message is consistent that this project should move forward.
- In the next few months, MassDOT will be continuing the preliminary design phase and the environmental permitting process. Concurrently, MassDOT will be conducting an independent engineering review that will look at layover options in Beacon Park Yard, rail alignment, construction staging, among other issues.
- During the review of the overall design, there will be plenty of time to revise the current project finance plan. At the July 22ndTask Force meeting, Tom Nally stated that we feel very confident there are multiple options for funding this project and when we consider the economic benefits, we know the project will generate tens of thousands of jobs and will provide more than $200 million to state and local taxes annually, as well as adding more than $6 billion in GDP annually.
We look forward to updating you on the next steps for this project and we continue to work with the Healey-Driscoll administration to keep the project moving with minimal delay. Please reach out to Tom Ryan and Tom Nally with any questions.
