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Roadway fatalities in Massachusetts soared in 2021 to the highest level in more than a decade, and the trend continues to head in the wrong direction nearly halfway through 2022. Preliminary data through June 15 tally 172 deaths on Bay State roads, 10 more than during the same span last year, a Department of Transportation spokesperson said Wednesday. The spokesperson…

The Sumner Tunnel will be undergoing some much-needed repairs starting Saturday morning. Driver’s will have to find new routes — including many traveling from Boston’s Logan International Airport — and business owners and residents in downtown and East Boston will have to deal with major inconvenience

Traveling between downtown Boston and East Boston, including Logan International Airport, is about to become even more of a headache. A major, year-plus rehabilitation project in the Sumner Tunnel, which is in a state of “disrepair” 87 years after it opened as the first traffic tunnel in Massachusetts, is set to kick off Friday night. The work will shutter the…

The Sumner Tunnel is set to close Friday night as MassDOT crews work to modernize the century-old tunnel — but not without anticipating some traffic headaches.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said a movie will be filming from 1-9 p.m.

A movie will be filming for several hours Sunday on the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge, and drivers may encounter slowdowns, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation warned in an advisory. The filming with occur from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will go with the flow of traffic, MassDOT said. Police will escort a vehicle equipped with a mounted camera…

Traveling between downtown Boston and East Boston, including Logan International Airport, is about to become even more of a headache. State transportation officials are preparing next month to kick off a major, year-plus rehabilitation project in the Sumner Tunnel, which is in a state of “disrepair” 87 years after it opened as the first traffic tunnel in Massachusetts. The work…

After a pile of soil containing asbestos was dumped in Chelsea, Massachusetts, along Route 1 near a public housing complex, the city says indoor air quality testing found no presence of the dangerous substance. Asbestos is known to cause cancer, and the proximity of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation dump site to the housing complex drew accusations of environmental racism….

A huge pile of soil containing asbestos — a substance known to cause cancer — was dumped in Chelsea, Massachusetts, along Route 1, very close to a public housing complex. “It is absolutely ridiculous,” said Maria Belen Power from GreenRoots. “It is unacceptable.” Power says this is a case of environmental racism, and it’s putting residents at risk. “This would…

Masks will no longer be required on MBTA vehicles and properties, Massachusetts Department of Transportation officials announced Tuesday afternoon, a day after a federal judge in Florida struck down a nationwide masking mandate on public transportation systems. “The commonwealth has followed federal guidance in terms of face coverings and to be consistent with that, we are lifting the face covering…

One person is dead after they were thrown from a car during a crash on Interstate 95 in Foxboro, Massachusetts Thursday morning, according to Massachusetts State Police. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation reported the single-car crash occurred on I-95 southbound, prior to Exit 12B. The crash caused significant traffic issues, with the two left lanes closed, and an approximately 1-mile…

A driver had to be rescued from the Charles River on Saturday after his tractor trailer that was carrying U.S. mail crashed into the icy water near the ramp from Interstate 95 to Interstate 90 in Weston, Massachusetts, police said.

Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said road conditions met expectations Friday — poor visibility and slippery conditions. He asked people to keep off the roads if they can.

Heavy snow began falling Friday morning, blanketing roadways across the region. Crews were out treating the streets early as the storm is expected to drop up to a foot of snow when all is said and done. The storm will include a changeover to a wintry mix in some areas, with a drop in temperatures that could create icy conditions…

The driver of a tractor trailer that overturned inside the Ted Williams Tunnel on Tuesday morning has been cited for speeding.

The driver of a tractor trailer that overturned inside the Ted Williams Tunnel on Tuesday morning has been cited for speeding. The tractor trailer was heading west on Interstate 90 around 5:20 a.m. when it rolled over at the exit 135 on-ramp, state police said. The exit 135 on-ramp to Interstate 93 north and south and the Congress Street ramp…

Sleet storms are one of the worst that road crews have to deal with, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said. Crews didn’t pre-treat the roads before the ice because the rain would have washed it away.

Sleet storms are among the worst types of storms for road crews to deal with, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said, as officials warned of treacherous road conditions Friday. One person has already been killed as hundreds of crashes have been reported across Massachusetts and the rest of New England. Massachusetts State Police said they had already responded to “well…

MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver rates the storm at an eight or nine on a scale of one to 10.

A Boston man was fortunate to escape serious injury when a chunk of concrete fell off an Interstate 93 overpass in Somerville as he was driving under it, landing right on his SUV. The concrete left a large hole in Leonard Brown’s windshield, but the only injury he suffered was a scrape on his wrist. “That’s the only injury,...