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Governor picks Braintree mayor for state transportation board
http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150804/NEWS/150809037/0/breaking_ajax
Braintree Mayor Joseph Sullivan will join the Department of Transportation's expanded 11-member board of directors. Gov. Charlie Baker announced his appointment Tuesday morning.
Governor picks Braintree mayor for state transportation board
By Lane Lambert
Posted Aug. 4, 2015 at 10:29 AM
Updated at 9:13 PM
BRAINTREE – Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Mayor Joseph Sullivan to the expanded state Department of Transportation board of directors.
Baker announced Sullivan’s appointment Tuesday morning, along with that of Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella. They’re the two new members of a now 11-person DOT board.
The action comes five months after Baker picked Sullivan for a special MBTA review panel, which analyzed the T’s operations and problems after the train system ground to a halt during February’s fierce cold and snow storms.
In a prepared statement, Baker said Sullivan and Mazzarella will bring “important perspectives” to the challenges of fixing the state’s transportation system.