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MassDOT asks lawmakers to authorize blue lights for highway work vehicles to slow traffic in work zones
Summary
MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver urged the Joint Committee on Transportation to pass H.3763, which would allow MassDOT to apply for permits to use flashing blue lights on vehicles actively engaged in highway work, saying the change would help slow drivers and protect workers in high‑speed work zones.
MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver told the Joint Committee on Transportation that the agency supports H.3763, legislation to amend Section 7E of Chapter 90 of the General Laws to let MassDOT apply for permits to use flashing, rotating or oscillating blue lights on vehicles actively engaged in highway work.
Gulliver said the change "would absolutely save lives," and emphasized it would be a limited, procedural step enabling MassDOT to apply for permits and develop usage policies. "This change would not in any way replace or diminish the…
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