The capital budget will fund 44.8 million dollars across 13 capital projects in Allston-Brighton, including programming studies, park improvements and school renovations. 

The city allocated two different programming studies for the Jackson Mann Community Center — one ten-million-dollar investment to Boston Centers for Youth and Families (BCYF) for a community center study and one 500,000 dollar investment to Boston Public Schools for a pre-K-6 school study. 

The allocation has drawn criticism from residents and local city leaders, who say that the allocation does not sufficiently provide a long-term investment for the full reconstruction of the Jackson Mann.

Brighton High School also received a ten-million-dollar investment for renovations around the auditorium, roof, bathrooms and heating, vent and air conditioning system. The city is expected to spend a quarter of the investment in FY2027 and the rest of the investment between FY2028 and FY2031.

Allston-Brighton parks will receive around 13.8 million dollars, which will be distributed around seven parks. Two of the parks projects — Ringer Playground and McKinney Park — are in construction. Plans for the other four parks — Hardiman Playground, Roger Park, Penniman Playground and Fidelis Way — are in design. A project for Chandler Pond to restore the remaining shoreline for the pond was allocated $700,000. 

The city invested in several capital projects near Brighton Center, which include 4.8 million dollars to replace the HVAC system at the Veronica Smith Senior Center and 1.2 million dollars to replace the roof of the Brighton Branch of the Boston Public Library.

The city will invest 3.8 million dollars to make road and sidewalk repairs for several Brighton Streets, including Newton Street, Vineland Street, and Riverview Road. 

The 4.4-billion-dollar capital budget represents the total amount of money that the city could borrow up to in order to fund certain developments. Once city council approves, the city could issue bonds and pay debt service to pay for these projects though none of the budget line allocations are binding.

Over the next month and a half, the city council will hold multiple hearings with departmental staff that are open to the public before voting on the budget in early June.