Beth Giannini

Public Comment Period for Draft Amendment to the 2020 TIP Highway Project List

The Franklin County Transportation Planning Organization will open a 21-day public review and comment period on Draft Amendment #1 to the 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program. Comments on the Draft will…

The New Valley Flyer Passenger Rail Service Underway

The Valley Flyer new passenger rail service between Greenfield and New Haven with stops in Holyoke and Northampton has started. Tickets can be purchased on the Amtrak website https://www.amtrak.com/home.html. Enter…

Draft 2020 Unified Planning Work Program Released for Public Comment

The FRCOG has released the draft 2020 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for public comment. Comments on the Draft UPWP will be accepted from Friday, June 28, until Thursday, July…

Draft 2020 Regional Transportation Plan Released for Public Comment

The FRCOG has released the draft 2020 Long Range Regional Transportation Plan for public comment. Comments on the Draft Plan will be accepted from Friday, June 28, until Thursday, July…

Public Comment Period Open for the Draft 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Amendment #1 to the 2019-2023 TIP

On April 23, 2019, the Franklin County Transportation Planning Organization released a Draft Amendment #1 to the 2019-2023 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) as well as a Draft 2020-2024 TIP. There…

Erving Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Plan is Available for Review and Comment

The Town of Erving’s draft Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Resiliency Plan is available for public review and comment. Click here to read the MVP Plan and/or attend the Erving MVP…

A Framework for Resilience: Responding to Climate Change in the Deerfield River Watershed report just released

A Framework for Resilience is the first watershed-based climate change resiliency plan in the Commonwealth. The Deerfield River Watershed includes all or a portion of fourteen Franklin County towns: Ashfield,…

Reports of High Risk Stream Crossings in the Deerfield River Watershed are now available.

Reports of High Risk Stream Crossings in the Deerfield River Watershed are now available. The information in the reports and maps is from a pilot project completed by the Massachusetts…

Erving Residents Invited to Attend Climate Resiliency Planning Workshop

The Town of Erving was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from the Commonwealth’s new Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program to complete a climate change vulnerability assessment, develop resiliency strategies, and…

Watershed-Based Resiliency Plan for the Deerfield River Completed

The Deerfield River, a major tributary of the Connecticut River, is widely regarded as one of the coldest and cleanest rivers in Massachusetts. The watershed supports a wide variety of…