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TARR IN THE NEWS | 6.17.26
TARR IN THE NEWS | 6.17.26
'Massachusetts Bolstering Efforts to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes' | State House News Service | By Ella Adams
EXCERPT BELOW:
"'The Senate in May adopted a Sen. Bruce Tarr amendment to its fiscal 2027 budget that aims to prevent wrong-way and drunk driving. Tarr said he was moved to address the issue after Dailey died as a result of a car crash involving a wrong-way driver.
The passage of Tarr's amendment also came weeks after Trainor died while responding to a wrong-way driver call in Lynnfield. Healey's press conference Wednesday happened at the barracks where Trainor served.
The amendment would require the state to establish a comprehensive plan to eliminate instances of wrong-way driving, including lighting systems, signage and detection devices that alert wrong-way drivers and notify public safety agencies of wrong-way driving incidents. Per Tarr, that plan must also be updated every three years to keep up with changes in technology.
The amendment is subject to House-Senate budget negotiations, and would "codify a state plan in statute," Tarr said.
"We await that final action, and we await what will be the very welcome signature of Governor Healey on language that will make this effort and others like it the law of the land, and will signify our statutory commitment to what is happening here today," Tarr said."
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