Mayor's directive

Authorize $150,000 Brighton lighting grant

Last activity July 23, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    July 16, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council passed an order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend $150,000 in FY26 Fair Share Supplemental Funds from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The grant would be administered by the Public Works Department to replace public safety lighting in the Brighton neighborhood. The action was approved on July 22, 2026.

Affects Brighton residents

In Brighton

Now with the City Council

About Transportation & Streets and Budget & Finance

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Fair Share Supplemental Funds, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be administered by the Public Works Department. The grant would fund the replacement of public safety lighting in the Brighton neighborhood in the City of Boston.

Timeline

  1. July 22, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).