Healey, rail boosters hopeful despite no money for Palmer, Pittsfield in budget
PALMER — The Massachusetts House and Senate both passed $56 billion budgets last week, but neither spending plan included the governor's allotment ...
PALMER — The Massachusetts House and Senate both passed $56 billion budgets last week, but neither spending plan included the governor's allotment of $12 million for east-west rail projects in Palmer and Pittsfield. Gov. Maura T. Healey included $4 million for the study and design of a possible Palmer station and another $8.5 million for track improvements in Pittsfield in her proposed budget March 1. On Monday, while visiting Agawam to mark Memorial Day , Healey told reporters that the push to reintroduce fast, frequent passenger rail service from Springfield to Boston remains a priority for her administration.