South Coast Rail

State transportation officials told New Bedford residents at a Tuesday community meeting that the long-promised South Coast Rail project is nearing the halfway point, and could start carrying passengers by the end of 2023.

New Bedford's King's Highway is finally getting repaved, but the project won't be completely finished until 2023, in time for the South Coast Rail project.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren took a brief tour of the South Coast on Wednesday, visiting Fall River before stopping by the Groundwork small business space on Purchase Street in New Bedford. City officials and local business owners were on hand to speak about current and future programs helping small businesses grow...

Big news coming out of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, yesterday. The department finally awarded a $210 million, 10 year contract to New England based company, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., which will allow the South Coast Rail project to officially move into its construction phase...