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Boston Globe
02-05-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Federal proposal puts $335m grant for realignment of Mass. Pike in Allston in jeopardy
But since President Trump began his second term, calling Advertisement The state agency declined to comment beyond a spokesperson saying it was 'aware of the proposal.' Advertisement As part of the Republican-led effort to advance Trump's agenda, the 'What we're seeing right now is the Trump administration and a cohort of followers making an extremely partisan play in the executive and legislative branches that would have drastic negative consequences across party lines, whether you look at Massachusetts or elsewhere in the country,' said Seth Gadbois, a clean transportation attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation, an environmental advocacy organization. The move by lawmakers followed a Overall, the transportation agenda of the Trump administration seems geared toward pushing federal dollars toward rural areas, and infrastructure to support private vehicles, and away from mass transit in urban areas with more racially diverse populations, Advertisement 'It's deeply concerning to think that an agency that is meant to safely and accessibly move people and goods around in the best possible way to reduce harm is doing the exact opposite,' Muratore said. In the case of the ambitious proposal for Allston, which would stitch together a stretch of the neighborhood divided by the construction of the Mass. Pike in the 1960s, and has been Already, as state transportation officials have faced The loss of the federal funding would not be surprising given the protracted planning, Kane said, but it would 'speak to a bigger issue, which is the fact that we just can't seem to move big projects quickly around here.' Still, it is early in the complicated budget reconciliation process. The proposal could fail to clear both chambers of Congress — and if it does pass, the move to claw back the funds might end up being challenged in court. Advertisement 'We're kind of in the second inning here of a nine-inning game,' said Tom Glynn, one of the most prominent civic leaders in Boston. 'A lot of this is uncharted territory and needs to get sorted out.' Regardless of what happens, Gadbois, a fierce advocate of the Allston Multimodal Project, said they are confident 'there is still a path forward,' calling the development 'an unfortunate step backwards.' 'But I don't want to treat it like a foregone conclusion either,' Gadbois said. 'In a moment where the federal level of government is attacking these kinds of initiatives, I think it presents an even stronger moment for MassDOT to stand strong to the commitments it's making to the Allston community and build a project that does right by them today and for the future generations of community members that will live there.' Shannon Larson can be reached at
CBC
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Theatre company brings Nunavik origin story to life in Aukkauti
Hundreds of people showed up for the debut of Aukkauti, a play about the origin of Nunavik's communities, when it debuted at the Puvirnituq Snow Festival in northern Quebec last month. The production was written by Lisa Koperqualuk, Daniel Gadbois and Adamie Kalingo and was performed by the Aasiq Theatre Company entirely in Inuktitut. Aukkauti tells the story of a man named Aukkauti whose wife and children were murdered in 1899 on the coast of Hudson Bay after he accidentally killed a young boy on a hunting trip. Aukkauti then had a mental breakdown and carried out a series of murders across the Nunavik tundra, causing families to flee out of fear. It's based on a true story that has been passed down orally from generation to generation, and which is said to have contributed to the migration of many families throughout Nunavik. Gadbois, who plays Aukkauti in the production, said that the writing process involved listening to elders tell the story, listening to audio recordings of it, and reading written versions too. He said they heard a lot of varying accounts of what happened. "There was certain families who ran away north and certain families ran away south, certain families heard of the story through a different way of how the guy died and whatnot." Gadbois said he and the other writers decided to use details that were agreed upon in the majority of versions of the story. After several years of research and staging work, he said he was proud of the end result and the broad range of support the company received along the way. "We did a tremendous job. It was so well made," he said. The Aaqsiiq Theatre Company registered as a non-profit organization in 2019, and was born out of Avataq Cultural Institute's efforts to revitalize the Inuktitut language through theatre in Nunavik. Kalingo, another of the play's writers and also the president of the theatre company, remembers a time in his childhood when students were punished for speaking in Inuktitut. He's proud, now, of what the company is doing to preserve it. "We did something good to have a tool whereby our legends, which are from hundreds and thousands of years old, passed on orally from mouth to mouth, and we're using them and turning them into theatre plays," he said. He said young people who are getting involved in acting with the company are "learning what it used to be like." "I can see that it can only get better for the young people." Kalingo said even though there's a lack of infrastructure, he hopes to bring the production to other communities in Nunavik. Gadbois is hoping for the same. "I personally want to see it go through all 14 communities [in Nunavik] – well, 13 left to go – and afterwards … anywhere where people want to see it, I guess. I wouldn't mind updating my passport, going to Greenland, going to Nunavut."
