Boston.com | 7 MassDOT employees on leave after TV news investigation into overtime by Molly Farrar

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Seven Massachusetts Department of Transportation employees have been placed on administrative leave after Boston News 25’s 231‑day undercover investigation revealed that high‑earning highway‑maintenance workers at the MassDOT District 6 office in Charlestown falsified timesheets to claim excessive overtime. By tracking vehicle departures from the yard and comparing them with public‑record timesheets, reporters found that several workers left the facility in personal cars hours before their reported shift end times, yet their overtime hours were still approved by supervisors. The investigation highlighted cases where employees earned between $97,000 and $149,000 in overtime—sometimes while their cars were observed leaving the yard well before the claimed work hours—prompting MassDOT to emphasize that intentional misreporting of time or misuse of taxpayer dollars will be fully accountable.

Read more: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2026/05/20/7-massdot-employees-on-leave-after-tv-news-investigation-into-overtime/

#MassDOT #BostonNews25 #charlestown #localnews #transportation

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

#MassDOT budget proposal reveals new timeline for proposed Somerville-Everett bike and pedestrian bridge, with completion delayed 'til early 2030s –
#mapoli

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/03/new-mystic-bridge-wont-be-built-til-the-2030s-under-massdots-proposed-budget

SUV Driver Kills Priest on Route 138 in Milton

▪️ #MassDOT was warned of 'poor safety conditions' on the roadway in a 2018 report
▪️ Authorities wouldn't answer our questions about whether the suspect's license had been suspended

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/suv-driver-kills-priest-in-milton

The Mass Pike should be narrowed! But MassDOT is insisting they need to design for 20% more cars than are there today, and that could cost the project hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower

#Massachusetts #MassPike #MassDOT #AllstonMA #AllstonBrighton #RoadDiet #urbanism #BostonMA