Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Mon November 27, 2017

MTBA Invests $101M to Improve Transit During Winter

The MBTA has announced that more than $101 million dollars has been invested in capital improvement projects in an effort to continue steps taken to make the transit system more resilient in severe weather....

Fri August 04, 2017

Baker-Polito Admin Celebrates Road, Bridge Projects

Gov. Charlie Baker joined Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, Acting Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver and MassDOT officials at a bridge replacement project in Braintree to underscore more than $315 million invested by the Baker-Polito Administration in Fiscal Year 2017 in 40 roadway and bridge projects impacting 19 cities and towns throughout the Greater Boston area....

Klark Jessen - Wed April 05, 2017

MassDOT's Board OKs Contract to Replace Bridges

This project, which involves replacing the bridge carrying Route 3 northbound and southbound over High Street in Norwell and the bridge carrying Route 3 northbound and southbound over Route 123, (Webster Street) in Hanover, is expected to begin this summer and be completed by 2020....

Wed April 05, 2017

DOT: Weekly Commute Savings From Toll Booth Removal

Drivers into Boston from its western suburbs are now saving 12 minutes of commute time each way, or two hours a week, after the Massachusetts Department of Transportation removed all middle-lane toll booths last fall to let traffic flow without stopping, said state Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack....

Jennifer Rupp - Wed March 08, 2017

MassDOT Rolls Over to Electronic Tolling for I-90

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) cites safety as one of the leading drivers to switching to All Electronic Tolling (AET). According to the National Transportation Safety Bureau, “toll authorities nationwide experience rear-end collision rates that exceed other types of collisions, in part because toll plazas interrupt the flow of high-speed traffic to intermittently collect tolls.”To improve driver safety and streamline the toll process, MassDOT has set off on a multi-year project to remove toll booths on I-90 statewide and install All Electronic Tolling....

Wed November 30, 2016

Officials Announces Complete Streets Program Grants

Lieutenant Gov. Karyn Polito, Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, Highway Administrator Thomas Tinlin, and members of the Legislature announced grant funding from the Complete Streets Program to 11 participating municipalities....

Thu September 22, 2016

Massachusetts Turnpike Tolling System Launches Oct. 28

BOSTON (AP) The Massachusetts Turnpike's new open-road tolling system is expected to go live Oct. 28 and could increase costs for some drivers under a proposed new rate system, state transportation officials said Aug....