MA: Healey, rail boosters hopeful despite no money for Palmer, Pittsfield in budget
May 30—PALMER — The Massachusetts House and Senate both passed $56 billion budgets last week, but neither spending plan included the governor's all...
May 30—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.