STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced it has played a key role in securing a $472 million MPDG Mega grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). This historic federal award, the largest in MBTA’s history, will fund the replacement of North Station’s Draw One Bridge over the Charles River. STV provided technical assistance in developing the comprehensive benefit-cost analysis that demonstrated the value of this project, as well as advice critical to federal requests for information post-submission.

“STV’s deep expertise in transportation and grant advisory was key to securing this transformative grant for the MBTA,” said Patricia Macchi, national director of infrastructure economics and grants advisory at STV. “This grant will help fund replacement and modernization, enhance resilience and improve operations, which will have a significant impact on the Boston area’s transportation network.”

The North Station Renovation and Draw One Bridge Replacement Project is a comprehensive modernization effort that will increase reliability, restore operational efficiency and ease congestion for MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak passengers. This grant will support the replacement of the Depression-era drawbridge with a new, state-of-the-art structure that reimagines the future of transportation in the region.

For more than 40 years, STV has provided engineering, design and other professional services for Boston’s infrastructure assets, including its historic bridges and transportation networks. The firm has worked on such iconic local projects such as the Longfellow Bridge rehabilitation, the Green Line Light Rail Extension as well as the Belden G. Bly Drawbridge and the Silver Line Courthouse Station and Tunnel. To help its clients obtain strategic grant funding, STV’s infrastructure economics team has leveraged its proprietary G.R.A.N.T.S. tool to successfully secure more than 18 grants totaling nearly $1 billion in funding.