Gov. Patrick, MassWorks Approve Grants for Infrastructure Projects

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Gov. Deval patrick announced a new round of grants totaling more than $66 million from the MassWorks Infrastructure Program on Tuesday to help boost local development projects across Massachusetts.

Through the grants, the Patrick Administration aims to partner with cities and towns to target investments in infrastructure to facilitate and support new and sustained housing and economic growth, according to the announcement on Tuesday.

“Our commitment to investing in communities has created thousands of jobs and improved infrastructure across the Commonwealth,” Patrick said in a statement. “The MassWorks program is a prime example of what government can do at the local level to support economic development.”

Three projects in Boston were among those for which Patrick’s administration approved funding. They are as follows:

• $2.37 million to facilitate the completion of street and sidewalk work for Bartlett Place in Roxbury, a multi-phased mixed use development that will comprise 323 housing units and 54,000 square feet of commercial space.

• $1.93 million to provide utilities and access to 28 single-family homes to be constructed as Phase III of the Harvard Commons residential development. Harvard Commons is part of the redevelopment of the Boston State Hospital site in Mattapan.

• $1.95 million for Parcel 9, the new home of the Melnea Hotel & Residences. The mixed-use development project was approved for up to 150 hotel rooms, 50 units of housing, 13,000 square feet of retail space and on-site parking. The MassWorks award will facilitate the completion of the site work, environmental remediation, streets, sidewalks, lighting, landscaping, parking and the construction of public areas.

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