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Boston’s Sumner Tunnel will no longer need to be closed on weekends, as the major rehabilitation project that’s required the key roadway to repeatedly close, MassDOT says.

Lead paint chips are continuing to fall from the Tobin Bridge, which spans the Mystic River between Boston and Chelsea. But the yearslong project to fix it is so loud, the state is giving out white noise machines. The noise comes from dust collectors, part of a repainting job that began last year after residents complained of the hazardous paint…

Tobin Bridge construction is causing ear-splitting noise and health concerns from flaking lead paint, leading the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to give out white noise machines and air purifiers. Here’s how loud it gets.

If you’re driving through Boston this weekend, the Sumner Tunnel will be closed. The thoroughfare shut down Friday night and will reopen at 5 a.m. Monday as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation continues its restoration project. The flashing sign warning drivers of the closure is bringing back bad memories for East Boston residents. The tunnel was closed for about...

Boston’s Sumner Tunnel is closed as MassDOT continues its restoration project.

A road project in Lynn, Massachusetts, is giving drivers, workers and residents a headache. For the past two weeks, construction crews have been tearing up old asphalt on Lynnfield Street, working to lay down new pavement along a stretch of Route 129 between Great Woods Road and Wyoma Square. The project from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation began in late…

If your commute home takes you through Lynn, a road work project has created a traffic nightmare.

The head of public works in Holbrook, Massachusetts, is permanently off the job following an investigation into his hours and work. Keith Nastasia and the town have decided to part ways after questions were raised about him working two taxpayer-funded jobs. He had a big job in Holbrook, and took an additional full-time job with the state. Ten months and…

The first phase of the North Washington Street Bridge opened on Saturday morning, in hopes that it will help alleviate traffic between the North End and Charlestown. The years-long project has been plagued by delays. All traffic will switch over to the new bridge this weekend, according to MassDOT. Starting Monday, crews will start demolishing a temporary bridge created for…

A motorcycle crash late Sunday night on Interstate 95 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, has resulted in injury and the closure of two lanes. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said around 10:45 p.m. on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the crash occurred on I-95 southbound at mile marker 13.5. The transportation agency confirmed there were injuries in the crash but did…

A dump truck spilled asphalt on Route 2A in Shirley during a crash on Tuesday morning, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. MassDOT reported the crash at 8:10 a.m., saying that the eastbound side of the road was closed. Traffic was getting by on the westbound side of the road. Additional details were not immediately available.

Acting MassDOT Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutts spoke to state officials on Wednesday, and presented a plan to look into eventually replacing the aging piece of infrastructure.

It’s a staple for commuters and an iconic part of the Boston skyline. But plans are in the works to someday replace the Tobin Bridge. The Tobin Bridge takes Route 1 from Chelsea to Charlestown, and is now more than 70 years old. It carries about 87,000 trips on a typical weekday, and although it will be years before it…

With Leominster still drying out after Monday’s flooding, students returned to school Thursday.

The city faces millions of dollars in damages after this week’s severe weather.

A long recovery process for Leominster is still ahead.

Storm-ravaged Leominster, Massachusetts, is trying to get at least a little bit back to normal as schools reopened for students Thursday amid a major recovery effort from this week’s severe weather. Schools in the city opened with a two-hour delay to give the 22 buses in the district a chance to navigate detours that circumvent the community’s damaged roads....

Denis Pilipchuk has been an E-ZPass customer in Massachusetts for the past 20 years and admitted he had his account on cruise control, never looking in the rearview at the toll charges on his monthly statements. However, that recently changed when the Woburn driver got a notice of insufficient funds. A closer look at his account revealed mysterious toll charges…

A Woburn couple discovered more than 100 E-ZPass charges in New Hampshire despite not making those trips. Their plate has been added to a government list.

A recent Massachusetts Department of Transportation assessment on the safety of so-called vulnerable road users — those who use the roads but not in a motor vehicle, including pedestrians, bicyclists, roller bladers, and others — showed that 101 pedestrians died in crashes in 2022. The previous high of 83 pedestrian deaths was recorded in 2012, according to MassDOT data. Bicyclist…