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Transportation Payrolls Soared under Governor
As Gov. Deval Patrick merges the state’s transportation agencies in an attempt to reduce duplication and waste, a review of payroll records shows that his own administration presided over much of the growth in spending he must now rein in. Full Article at Governing
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Gov. Deval Patrick announced a number of mid-budget season reductions for various state agencies. Regional school districts were told that their transportation subsidy under Chapter 71 would be reduced $18 million. Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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(NECN: Alysha Palumbo, Boston, Mass.) - The first stage of the Bay State's long awaited transportation overhaul is now complete. Full Article at NECN
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Governor Deval Patrick has touted a landmark transportation overhaul that officially begins this weekend as a fundamental change in the way the state does business, an initial step in fixing a system of old trains and crumbling roads. Full Article at Boston Globe
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Governor Deval Patrick has announced the names of the five people who will serve on the state's new Department of Transportation Board, the body that will be in charge of the state's transportation system under a new reform law that goes into effect on... Full Article at Boston Globe
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This is no small effort, it's a very heavy lift, it's integrating thousands of people in several different agencies and looking for efficiencies we know are there and finding other ones that will come
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The appointments were very much about breaking with some old ways of doing things, every single one of these appointees has demonstrated on their service in transportation and elsewhere, independence of judgement and a willingness to ask tough questions, which is exactly what we need
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Despite formidable obstacles, a strong platform for meaningful change has been built during my time in office - one that will serve your administration and the people of Massachusetts well ... I have established both a new way of doing business . . . and a new way of thinking about our state’s transport...
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Going forward, we will operate as one transportation agency with one mission: provide a safe, reliable and efficient transportation network for citizens of the commonwealth
SOURCE: Miami Herald
