Government Police & Fire Transportation

HazMat Truck Update: Mayor Sends Letter to State and Feds Urging New Routing Implementation

The City of Boston Mayor’s Office issued the following release: MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO REQUESTS EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOSTON’S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING STUDY             In a letter to the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Jeffrey B. Mullan, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has requested that the state quickly begin the Read More…

Police & Fire Transportation

Fed Ruling Brings HazMat Trucks Back to North End/Waterfront Streets

The decision came down this week from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that hazardous material (hazmat) trucks can return to Commercial Street in the North End/Waterfront neighborhood. This ruling reverses the City of Boston’s 2006 daytime ban of hazmat trucks that were not delivering in Boston from cutting through the city rather than going Read More…