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Big Beautiful Bill cuts $335 million that was set aside for massive I-90 Allston highway project, state officials say

Advertisement 'MassDOT is awaiting clarification from the U.S. Department of Transportation and assessing what impact this will have on the $335 million grant we received for the Allston Multimodal Project,' the statement continued. 'MassDOT will stay in communication with project partners and stakeholders as we learn more.' The sizable cut was The Healey administration The project would would bring the eight elevated lanes of Interstate 90 down to ground level next to the four-lane Soldiers Field Road along the Charles River, while building a new commuter rail and bus hub known as West Station along the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail line and improving pedestrian and bike access to the river. The project would also open up dozens of Harvard-owned acres in a former rail yard hemmed in between the highway viaduct and the train tracks. Advertisement The project has long been billed as a way to stitch together a stretch of Allston that was divided by the construction of the Pike in the 1960s, though much of that stitching hinges on how Harvard develops the land in and around Beacon Park Yard, including projects built over the tracks and highway. Governor Maura Healey, a Democrat who's made public transportation a priority, bringing in Healey's office referred questions to MassDOT on Tuesday, and the offices of Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, both Democrats, didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. 'In the same way that they tore down the Central Artery so our community could reconnect to Boston Harbor and it has transformed Boston, this [$335 million federal] grant is transformative for Allston and Brighton because it, too, reconnects communities to [their] original identity,' Markey said last year when the state had initially secured the funding now-slashed by the Big Beautiful Bill. Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report. This breaking story will be updated when more information is released. Travis Andersen can be reached at