Transportation & Infrastructure
Strategically positioned between Boston, Providence, and the islands, New Bedford is truly in the middle of it all. Our transportation investments in land, air, and sea travel are matched by our infrastructure capacities.
I-195, Route 140, and Route 18 highway access
847-acre New Bedford Regional Airport provides year-round service to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Florida, with a $32.4 million-dollar economic impact
Fast Ferry service providing 125,000 annual trips to the Elizabeth Islands
South Coast Rail will provide full service to Boston in the summer of 2024
Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) runs 10 bus routes through New Bedford and the surrounding towns
Environment
Most installed solar capacity in the continental U.S. on a per capita basis
Mayor Mitchell received the First Place 2016 Mayors’ Climate Protection Award at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting
Designated Green Community in January 2017
Largest municipal electric fleet in Massachusetts
Utilities
Electric: Eversource
Telecom: Verizon DSL, Comcast High Speed, AT&T
Gas: Eversource
Water
Daily capacity: 45 million gallons
Ground storage: 75 million gallons
Elevated storage: 350,000 gallons
Average daily consumption: 12 million gallons
Peak daily consumption: 14 million gallons
