State officials in Massachusetts have opened applications for the next round of the MassWorks Infrastructure Program (MWIP), offering $95 million for infrastructure construction projects. Applications are due by June 3, 2026.
Recipients selected to receive grants must go toward initiatives centered around designing, building, rehabilitating, repairing, buying land or other improvements to publicly-owned infrastructure. Qualifying infrastructure may include:
- Sewers.
- Utility extensions.
- Streets.
- Roads.
- Bridges.
- Culverts.
- Curb-cuts.
- Parking.
- Water treatment systems.
- Telecommunications systems.
- Transit improvements.
- Public parks and spaces within urban renewal districts.
- Pedestrian and bicycle ways.
Eligible applicants include Massachusetts municipalities or any local public entities. Multiple municipalities and/or public entitles may apply jointly. Recipients will use the grants to facilitate either pre-development work or direct construction.
The state will award funds across three ranges: infrastructure, pre-development and small town road improvement. Infrastructure projects will receive between $1 million and $5 million. Pre-development initiatives will receive between $100,000 and $500,000. Small town road improvement projects will receive between $250,000 and $1 million.
While MWIP primarily focuses on public infrastructure projects, the program extends its services to comprehensively handle additional transportation and infrastructure development, capital investment and improvement projects. This includes helping cities advance projects that drive job creation and expansion, housing development and rehabilitation, community development projects and small town transportation projects.
The program also matches public and private funding sources to build or rehabilitate transit-oriented housing within half a mile of transit centers. All projects must be located on public land or on public leasehold, right-of-way or easement. ‘
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