Recipient of federal assistance · BOSTON, MA

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $2.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 620 actions, +61% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $6.7B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($2.1B).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.1B
New awards
336
Actions
620
Since FY2021
$6.7B
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Location
BOSTON, MA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 39.4MFY2021
  2. 813.4MFY2022
  3. 1.1BFY2023
  4. 1.4BFY2024
  5. 1.3BFY2025
  6. 2.1BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.1B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$793.1M38%
  2. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$524M25%
  3. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$239.3M12%
  4. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$180M8.7%
  5. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$112.1M5.4%
  6. 20.268 · Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)$50.7M2.4%
  7. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$42.6M2.1%
  8. 20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (Protect)$35.9M1.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$2.1B99%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Transit Administration$9.3M0.4%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$1M0.0%
    Department of Transportation
  4. Federal Railroad Administration$727K0.0%
    Department of Transportation
  5. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$123.1K0.0%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: BOURNE- BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, B-17-005, (ARF) (SAGAMORE BRIDGE), US 6 OVER THE CAPE COD CANAL, SANDWICH ROAD (ROUTE 6A) AND…$546.8M
    20.264 · Bridge Investment Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 693JJ22440004YP27MACAPS025BIPL
  2. PROJECT TITLE: BOURNE- BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, B-17-005, (ARF) (SAGAMORE BRIDGE), US 6 OVER THE CAPE COD CANAL, SANDWICH ROAD (ROUTE 6A) AND…$200M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Jan 17, 2025 – Sep 18, 2026· 693JJ22540000Y174MACAPS025
  3. PROJECT TITLE: HAVERHILL- BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, H-12-007, BRIDGE STREET (SR 125) OVER THE MERRIMACK RIVER AND THE BRADFORD RAIL TRAIL…$166.7M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 19, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001MA003S821
  4. PROJECT TITLE: BOURNE- BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, B-17-005, (ARF) (SAGAMORE BRIDGE), US 6 OVER THE CAPE COD CANAL, SANDWICH ROAD (ROUTE 6A) AND…$146.3M
    20.264 · Bridge Investment Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 693JJ22440004Y178MACAPS025BIPL
  5. PROJECT TITLE: HOPKINTON- WESTBOROUGH- RECONSTRUCTION OF I-90/I-495 INTERCHANGE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: HFP(IN)/HIP(BR)/NHP(IM)-495S(301)…$128M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 5, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001MA495S301
  6. PROJECT TITLE: LOWELL- ROURKE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, L-15-088, WITH NEW BRIDGE, L-15-114, WOOD STREET EXTENSION OVER MERRIMACK RIVER AND…$125M
    20.263 · Bridge Formula Program· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y116MADBPS001

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $14.3M (30 subawards)

19 sub-recipients

  1. MARTHAS VINEYARD REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHOR$2.7M19%
    EDGARTOWN, MA · 2 subawards
  2. GREATER ATTLEBORO-TAUNTON REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY$1.6M11%
    TAUNTON, MA · 3 subawards
  3. CAPE COD REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTH$1.6M11%
    HYANNIS, MA · 3 subawards
  4. NANTUCKET REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY$1.5M11%
    NANTUCKET, MA · 2 subawards
  5. BROCKTON AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY$1.2M8.6%
    BROCKTON, MA · 2 subawards
  6. FRANKLIN REGIONAL TRANS AUTHORITY$907.8K6.4%
    GREENFIELD, MA · 1 subaward
  7. BERKSHIRE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY$814.9K5.7%
    PITTSFIELD, MA · 3 subawards
  8. PIONEER VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY$759.5K5.3%
    SPRINGFIELD, MA · 1 subaward
  9. CITY OF QUINCY$687.5K4.8%
    QUINCY, MA · 1 subaward
  10. WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY$593.1K4.2%
    WORCESTER, MA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $15.1M paid out · $75K received
  • FY2022: $12.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $8.1M paid out · $550K received
  • FY2024: $17.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $9.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $14.3M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.