Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Tarr in the News: Efforts to Prevent Wrong-Way Driving
TARR IN THE NEWS | 8.18.25
'Officials push to prevent wrong-way drivers'
By Ethan Forman | Gloucester Daily Times
"State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester,
says there is an “intense effort” underway to prevent wrong-way drivers on Bay
State highways in light of the June 30 crash that claimed the life of new
Gloucester High graduate.
“We’re mounting an intense effort to address not only the
situation that occurred here but also to address this issue on a broader basis
throughout the state,” Tarr said in an interview."
AND
"On July 29, Tarr hosted a Zoom meeting with various
stakeholders, including highway officials and engineers from MassDOT, the
commander of the Danvers State Police barracks, Cape Ann police chiefs, fire
chiefs from Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex and Gloucester, and a professor from
the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Another professor from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is also involved in the effort, but was
not on the call, Tarr said.
AND
“We are going to conduct an all-hands-on deck exercise to
explore every option to prevent this from ever happening again,” Bruce Tarr
said.
The initial focus is going to be the Route 128 corridor
between Burlington and Gloucester, but he said what is learned probably would
be applicable to the rest of the state.
“There are technologies available, some of which have
already begun to be used in Massachusetts, are in a pilot phase and they are
expensive, but one thing that is important to emphasize is that those
technologies are costly but they also respond after there has been someone
going the wrong way on a roadway,” Sen. Tarr said."
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