This boondoggle may have an interstate designation, but it is really under the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, which mean the MassPike is responsible for repairs, not FHWA. The Massachusetts politicians can lobby Congress for a direct appropriation or earmark (which is how the Big Sieve was funded in the first place).
Forgive my ignorance, but is this a toll road or an Interstate Highway? How can a state extract a toll for a highway that the Federal Government paid for?