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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Route 3 Expansion with Toll a 'Creative' Way to Ease Congestion, Braintree Mayor Says

The plan is in its preliminary stages and public comment will be welcome on the MassDOT project.

State transportation officials briefed Mayor Joseph Sullivan about a month ago on the plan pitched by undisclosed developers to add a toll lane to Route 3 to help ease congestion on the highway as it passes through Braintree and other South Shore towns.  "It is some creative thinking," Sullivan said. "There is a benefit to adding a lane to the highway." The proposal – reported last week by the State House News Service – is only in its initial stages and before moving ahead, the MassDOT must work with developers to refine the plan and seek public input. The toll lane, using EZ-Pass technology, would raise money to help finance the highway expansion project, slated to run nine miles from Braintree to Norwell, according to documents obtained …

susan Smith

10:46 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Are you kidding me. Thats why we have the commuter rail   more ›

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Car Roll-Over on Route 3 Causing Delays

There is a report of a car on its roof between exits 5 and 6 on Route 3 North causing delays.

A car on its roof is causing delays on Route 3 North as police and emergency medical personnel wait for a medical flight helicopter to land. Currently State Police are funnelling traffic to the breakdown lane. Traffic is backing up both ways. Southbound traffic has backed up to Exit 7, according to WATD. The crash happened around 4:20 p.m. this afternoon just before Exit 6, the Samoset Street exit.

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