Mike_Beaudet's Blog

Tonight we're exposing the state wasting millions of your tax dollars. Remember back in 2003 when Mass Highway fought with snow and ice contractors about carrying GPS phones? The state won the battle, but it turns out the GPS system had serious hardware and software problems. For example, it often looked like people were plowing in a certain area, even when they weren't. So much for keeping track of everyone...

We discovered the state spent millions on the project before finally deciding to scale it back dramatically. Now the new Chief Engineer at Mass Highway says any future GPS projects will first start out with a pilot program. That makes sense... figure out if the equipment works in one district before you make everyone get on board. If only someone had thought of that before the state wasted all your money...