Battle Over Highway Service Plaza Contract In Massachusetts Heads To Court As Local Company Sues MassDOT

CBS Boston

August 12, 2025

The controversy over who should run 18 highway rest stop service plazas in Massachusetts is headed to court.

Waltham-based Global Partners announced on Monday that it is suing MassDOT, which awarded a 35-year contract for the service areas to a competitor, Applegreen, in June. The lawsuit alleges that MassDOT is not complying with public records requests as it tries to finalize the takeover agreement with Applegreen.

Global Partners has stated that the contract should have been awarded to a local company and contends that their bid was $1 billion higher—a number disputed by MassDOT and Applegreen.

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