MassDOT’s failed attempt to find a new operator for 18 highway service plazas across the state was filled with flaws that “undermined the integrity” of the process, the state inspector general said in a Feb. 27 letter to interim Transportation Secretary Phil Eng.
A Lowell nonprofit leader has been charged with funneling over $280,000 in state rental aid to himself, his wife, family and friends.
Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro told lawmakers Tuesday afternoon that Massachusetts “is fortunate that the procurement was canceled.”
The MBTA expects fare gates to be operational at two more Boston commuter rail hubs later this year, the T’s general manager said after a state watchdog criticized the agency’s approach to fare collection.
