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Laid-off AOT employees tell Senate Transportation committee cuts are straining services, urge sustained funding
Summary
Union representatives and two laid-off Agency of Transportation employees told the Senate Transportation committee that recent reductions left districts understaffed, delayed permits and inspections for towns, and that multiyear funding and clearer reduction-in-force procedures are needed to retain trained staff.
Members of the Mon State Employees Association and two employees who lost jobs told the Senate Transportation committee that recent workforce reductions at the Agency of Transportation have left districts short-staffed and disrupted services to towns across the state.
"Losing my position during that time is incredibly difficult, not just professionally, but personally," said Sofia Penoff, a rotational engineer who testified she was on maternity leave when notified of her layoff. Penoff described work across environmental permitting, animal crossings, EV contract support, geotechnical field testing and roadway design, and said the rotation program prepared engineers for…
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