Page 2 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021 ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE Regular Unleaded $2.899 Mid Unleaded $2.959 Super $3.119 Diesel Fuel $3.079 "42 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2020 KERO $4.65 DEF $3.49 9 Diesel $2.859 9 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN A A DA A Truck which damaged I-93 bridge overpass on July 19 was headed to Everett facility Authorities: Accident could have been avoided if driver stuck to permitted route of travel. Local motorists among many dealing with effects; repairs could take over a year By Steve Freker bridge crash which has already disrupted traffic for www.eight10barandgrille.com We Have Reopened for Dine-In and Outside Seating every day beginning at 4 PM hundreds of thousands of drivers on Route I-93, this area's most heavily traveled interstate highway, could have been avoided, according to state authorities. Had the Alabama-based driver stuck to the prescribed route – which did not include any travel on I-93 – there would have been no crash at the Roosevelt Circle, Medford, overpass bridge by the tractor trailer towing the overheight load to a fi nal destination on Rt. 99 in Everett. The tractor trailer was hauling a massive water clarifying tank, which is similar to those used in wastewater treatment, to Everett when it struck and severely damaged a major steel beam underneath the underpass, which has a passage of 14 feet in height from the highway. It was later determined that the load being towed by the truck was over height at 14 feet, 9 inches and was not even supposed to be traveling on Route I-93. The truck was permitted for a maximum height of 14 feet. According to authorities, the WE'RE OPEN! 8 Norwood Street, Everett (617) 387-9810 STAY SAFE! driver of the truck, which is owned by Dove Transportation of Alabama, was cited by Mass. State Police for two civil off enses, being over height and violating the permit issued by the Department of Transportation An over-height tractor trailer hauling a wastewater cylinder to a destination in Everett did not have a permit to travel on Route I-93 when it crashed into an overpass at Roosevelt Circle in Medford, causing heavy damage. (Courtesy Photo) (MassDOT). Each off ense has a fi ne of $105 for a projected total fi ne of $210. It could take up to a year and around $1 million to fully repair the Medford bridge underpass, according to Massachusetts Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver in an online report. MassDOT officials said last week it intends to hold the trucking company, Dove Transportation, legally and financially responsible and would be reviewing the company’s eligibility for obtaining future permits in Massachusetts. According to Gulliver, MassDOT is working with insurance and bonding companies “to ensure that they recover the funds associated with doing the full repair of that crash.” Crews worked throughout last week and into this week to make emergency repairs to the bridge overpass in an eff ort to mitigate traffi c impacts along the major interstate highway. But Massachusetts transportation offi cials and local offi cials are concerned about the long-term eff ects on traffi c in the region, as lane and exit restrictions and closures on Rt. I-93 – associated with an extended repair timetable – could cause a “ripple effect” to other connected routes and roads. With traffi c already forecast to return to pre-pandemic levels of high congestion after Labor Day when more workers are expected to return to in-person settings and schools reopen fully, this could result in even greater impacts. State transportation officials and local city offi cials in Malden, Everett, Revere, Medford and Somerville have told drivers to expect delays rippled out from the site of the crash for many months, well into next year, not just on I-93, but on Route 1, Route 16, Route 28 and Roosevelt Circle itself, which is already designated as the most heavily used rotary, volume-wise, in Massachusetts. Motorists should expect slowdowns within Roosevelt Circle due to the narrowed lane widths in the area of Route 28, the Fellsway and on and off ramps for I-93, authorities said. Additionally, Mass. State Police said the driver violated the permit for not having fl ag cars and for being off the permitted route, as the route through Massachusetts had been as follows: Interstate 84 at Connecticut state line to Route 20 to Interstate 395 to Interstate 290 to Interstate 495 to Route 3 to Interstate 95; then to Route 1 to Route 99 with a permitted destination of Everett. Route 93 was not on the travel plan on the permitted route. Prices subject to change Have a Happy & FLEET
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