The appropriation of $2,800,000, received from the U.S. Department of Transportation Reconnecting Communities Grant Program ($2,400,000) and from the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Transportation Improvement Program ($400,000)

Appropriation$2,800,000 from U.S. Department of Transportation Reconnecting Communities Grant Program ($2,400,000) and from the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Transportation Improvement Program ($400,000)for the Transportation Department

How it started

Jun 23, 2025 · The city received a $2,800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Reconnecting Communities Grant Program ($2,400,000) and from the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Transportation Improvement Program ($400,000). Grant money can’t be spent until the Council appropriates it, so Yi-An Huang, City Manager, asked for authorization.

What happened

Jun 23, 2025 · 💰 Money appropriated. The Council authorized the spending. (Order adopted, unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

Burhan Azeem
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
Cathie Zusy
E. Denise Simmons

Roll call of Jun 23, 2025 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

🚪 End of the line: the spending is authorized.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jun 23, 2025