Hopkinton's Main Street Corridor Project Fully Funded With Grant

HOPKINTON, MA — Hopkinton's Main Street Cooridor Project is fully funded thanks to a grant from the MassWorks Infrastructure Program. The $3 million grant and an April 30th approval by the Metropolitan Planning Organization of the $11,346,564 Transportation Improvement Program budget brought the project to fully funded status.

The purpose of the Main Street Corridor Project is to improve roadway safety for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, as well as to reduce congestion throughout Hopkinton’s downtown corridor.

“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.

The project addresses aspects of each of the three transportation goals laid out in the Town’s Master Plan adopted in April 2017.

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
• On May 21, Notices of Taking were mailed to all affected property owners.