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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) cites safety as one of the leading drivers to switching to All Electronic Tolling (AET). According to the National Transportation Safety Bureau, “toll authorities nationwide experience rear-end collision rates that exceed other types of collisions, in part because toll plazas interrupt the flow of high-speed traffic to intermittently collect tolls.” To improve driver safety and streamline the toll process, MassDOT has set off on a multi-year project to remove toll booths on I-90 statewide and install All Electronic Tolling. The Toll Plaza Demolition and Roadway Reconstruction project began immediately following the “live” kick-off of AET on Oct. 28, 2016. The AET construction including gantries, detection equipment and the host system was awarded in 2014 to Raytheon Company of Waltham, Mass. The contract includes ten years of system maintenance. Demolition of the existing toll booths was divided into six contracts totaling $132.82 million. This amount includes all contingencies and achievement of all possible incentives. Additionally, each contract has a disincentive clause for both milestone #2 (full beneficial use) and interim milestone #2 (achieving winter condition). The

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Excavation and back fill of the tunnels under the toll booths in the Berkshire region.

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RIDOT: RhodeWorks Report — Year One One year after passage of the landmark RhodeWorks transportation legislation, Rhode Island has initiated millions of dollars of construction projects and puts hundreds of people back to work. At the same time, RhodeWorks has paved the way for a new Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), reorganized into a transparent, accountable and highly efficient state agency able to deliver on a cumulative total of $1 billion in transportation investment by the end of 2017.

“When we took office, Rhode Island had the worst bridges of any state in America, so we got to work,” Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said. “We came up with a plan that allows us to fix more than 150 structurally deficient bridges in Rhode Island, and make repairs to another 500 bridges to prevent them from becoming deficient. Today, the construction industry is back at work rebuilding Rhode see RIDOT page 16


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