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Turnpike's Mullan to lead new state transportation agency
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Mullan will be the state’s first Secretary and CEO of MassDOT, the new transportation agency. Mullan, the director of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, is overseeing its abolition. In his new role, Mullan will be responsible for day-to-day management...
Tags: Jeffrey Mullan, James Aloisi, Deval Patrick, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Boston
Patrick hints at hike in gas tax
Boston :: MA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Governor Deval Patrick signed a budget yesterday that imposes more than $1 billion in additional taxes on Massachusetts residents and visitors, most of it through the first increase in the state sales tax in 33 years, even as he declined to rule out a...
Tags: sales tax, Deval Patrick, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, patrick signing, reduce spending, toll hike
Pike boss takes blame for Easter mess
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board members also voted to keep FastLane transponders free of charge at a board meeting in Auburn this morning, where they rehashed the preliminary details of the gridlock. Transportation Secretary Jim Aloisi said a...
Massachusetts Turnpike issues mea culpa - at last
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A ssailed by commuters and rebuked by elected officials for Easter Sunday’s gridlock, state transportation aides promised yesterday to do what it takes to keep the Mass Pike rolling at toll booths during congested travel days. The Turnpike Authority’s...
Pike plagued by weekend traffic jams
Waltham :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility T housands of motorists were stuck in miles-long traffic backups on Easter weekend because Mass Pike tolltakers called out sick on the holiday, at one point leaving one busy plaza with just one working cash lane. Under a penny-pinching policy put in place...
Tags: toll takers, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Alan LeBovidge, Mass Pike, traffic backups
Striking Zakim Bridge lights go dark
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility P ike officials will hit the kill switch on the brilliant blue lights illuminating the Zakim Bridge starting tonight, sacrificing the cosmetic lighting as the agency tries to dig itself out of debt. “I like them, I think everyone likes them,” said Massachusetts...
Tags: blue lighting, Zakim Bridge, save money, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Boston Globe
State Senate OKs transportation overhaul plan
Boston :: MA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a transportation overhaul plan that may save drivers up to $7 billion and, in the words of one lawmaker, "fundamentally changes the way we deliver transportation services in the commonwealth."
Tags: Massachusetts Senate, State Senate, Massachusetts Surface Transportation Agency, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, House, transport agency, ethics reform, transport overhaul, overhaul plan
Milford Daily News, Massachusetts: Progress on Pike tolls?
Springfield :: MA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Turnpike, you should welcome last week's announcement of a deal to postpone toll increases scheduled to go into effect March 29. It is a sign that the state's political leaders have begun to move toward a comprehensive solution to Massachusetts' transportation...
Mass. drivers face Turnpike toll increase
Boston :: MA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's board voted today to enact a two-stage hike in Boston-area tolls that would be repealed if the Legislature approves a proposed increase in the statewide gasoline tax...The board also voted to raise tolls to $2 at...
Tags: Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, gas tax, Deval Patrick, tolls hike, tolls increase, Weston
Mileage tax plan gets mixed reviews
Boston :: MA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility However, Rep. Antonio Guerrera, D-Rocky Hill, co-chairman of the legislative Transportation Committee, said he has strong reservations about such a tax. Though he said he's open to learning more about the plan "it would have to make sense." For instance,...
Tags: gas tax, Deval Patrick, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Massachusetts Transportation Authority, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, federal stimulus, gasoline tax, Bay State, tax hike, cent increase
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