INFRASTRUCTURE

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss Gov. Maura Healey’s new $8.4 billion package for transportation and infrastructure, continued development for the west-east rail despite federal funding uncertainty, public school budget strains, evolving cannabis regulations and more.

Easthampton's library remains closed to the public after dead bats were found in the building last Thursday. Staff are providing curbside services in the meantime.

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign paid a visit to western Massachusetts this weekend, raised a bunch of Berkshire bucks and rallied the state's Democrats.

Residents of a West Springfield neighborhood were under orders from the state not to use their tap water after an oil-like substance was discovered in it.

A single over-budget bid on repair work on a trolley bridge that houses a water main in Shelburne Falls, Mass, has created the opportunity to re-open the Bridge of Flowers.

The city of Springfield is just under Boston in 2023 pedestrian deaths by motor vehicles despite large population difference, the third annual WalkMassachusetts report details.

UMass researchers say one reason for deteriorating roads in low income communities is redlining, which is the practice of denying people access to credit because of where they live.

A major environmental experiment will require new construction and major renovations to embrace fossil fuel-free infrastructure for heating and cooling in some Massachusetts communities — none yet in the western part of the state.

In Springfield, officials say the recent startup of a $137 million water and sewage pump station proved itself in a recent deluge of rain.

The drinking water well and pipes for the state park in Charlemont were replaced with more modern, better planned systems. Engineers say they hope the to get 30 to 40 years out of the recent upgrades.