I-90 Project gets federal funding; CRWA says “Let’s build it right” in Boston.com Article
On March 11, 2024, Massachusetts was granted $335.4 in federal funding for the Allston Multimodal I-90 Project from the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods program. CRWA Executive Director Emily Norton was quoted in a Boston.com article, “Let’s build this project, but let’s build it right, with a 2024 mindset, not a 1950s highway mindset.”
Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) has been a member of the Allston Multimodal Project Task Force since its inception in 2014. The group strongly supports increased mobility options and sustainability for those traveling to and through Boston. CRWA has consistently voiced concern with the current design of the project which entails twelve lanes of roadway directly next to the Charles River in the “throat area” next to Boston University buildings, with a narrow pedestrian bridge on a boardwalk in the river.
