26 May, 2020
The Town of Hopkinton today announced that Secretary of the Executive Office of
Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy, on behalf of the Baker-Polito
Administration, approved a MassWorks Infrastructure Program Grant in the amount of
$3 million for the Main Street Corridor Project. With this grant, in addition to the April 30
approval by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of the $11,346,564 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) budget, the project is now fully funded. Additional funding sources
also include town appropriated funds and funds from a Host Community Agreement.
“This is a project that, given where we are now, is going to be very important for the
economic growth and development of not only Hopkinton, but the MetroWest region,”
said Town Manager Norman Khumalo.
In addition to the MassWorks grant approval, five additional project milestones have
also been met:
On April 7, the Select Board voted to adopt and execute the Order of Taking,
On April 28, the Select Board Voted to approve the Notices of Taking to be mailed to all
affected property owners,
On May 4, the Order of Taking was recorded in the Registry of Deeds,
On May 19, the Right of Way Certificate, the final step in the MassDOT Right-of-Way
process before the project goes out to bid, was issued, and
On May 21, Notices of Taking were mailed to all affected property owners.
For additional information about the Main Street Corridor Project, please contact Town
Engineer, David Daltorio, P.E. at ddaltorio@hopkintonma.gov or 508-497-9740.
Project information, timeline and updates are also available on the ClearGov portal
accessible from homepage of the town website at https://www.hopkintonma.gov/ or at
https://www.cleargov.com/massachusetts/middlesex/town/hopkinton/projects...
