The U.S. Department of Transportation has rescinded a $20 million grant to improve three streetscapes in Roxbury and a $2 million grant for a Mattapan Square project.

“The City won these competitive federal grants to replace sidewalks, improve lighting, upgrade bus stops, and plant trees on neighborhood streets,” a Boston spokesperson said in a statement.

It continued, “The federal government’s decision to cancel these grants once again ignores the clear intent of Congress and we are reviewing our options.”

In a letter to the city on Sept. 9, U.S. DOT said it was immediately withdrawing the funding for the RAISE grant awarded for the Roxbury Resilient Transportation Corridors project because the project misaligns with the federal government’s priorities of promoting “traditional forms o

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