Leaders of many of the state’s largest employers and a civic-minded nonprofit are urging Beacon Hill to act boldly on transportation, warning that failure to invest substantially in the Commonwealth’s aging highway and transit network would have a sweeping economic impact.
A study commissioned by a CEO round table and the Boston Foundation estimates that the cumulative economic drain of reduced productivity, lost time, vehicle damage, freight delays, and other costs associated with failing to repair the state’s cramped and crumbling highways could total $26 billion by 2030.
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Is that a file photo of CEO John Fish. Unfair of the Globe to use an image where he was obviously dolled up for a fancy event, and in this article he is just commenting on a public policy issue.
Let's fix what we presently have instaed of increasing to new commuter rail lines, the roads and public transporation new money spent wisely!
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