Transpo plan devotes most capital $$$ to two areas

BOSTON — The state's transportation department would devote 80 percent of its more than $14.3 billion capital dollars to system improvement and modernization with roughly equal investments in transit and rail as would be spent on roads and bridges, under a plan presented Wednesday. "It's focused on improving the reliability of the existing transportation system," Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board of Directors on Wednesday. She s

BOSTON — The state's transportation department would devote 80 percent of its more than $14.3 billion capital dollars to system improvement and modernization with roughly equal investments in transit and rail as would be spent on roads and bridges, under a plan presented Wednesday. "It's focused on improving the reliability of the existing transportation system," Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board of Directors on Wednesday. She s…