Hundreds Rallied at State House as Global Partners Demands Transparency in MassDOT Highway Lease Deal
A wave of public outcry reached the steps of the Massachusetts State House today as more than 400 people, including advocates, community leaders, small business owners, and employees of Global Partners, a Waltham-based leading independent liquid energy supplier and retail operator, called for a full investigation into MassDOT’s recent and controversial highway service plaza procurement. Last month, the MassDOT Board awarded a 35-year lease to redevelop and run 18 service plazas, 11 of which are on the Massachusetts Turnpike, to Applegreen, a foreign company majority owned by private equity giant Blackstone.
