Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Works, established 1919, was renamed Dept. of Highways (commonly known as the Massachusetts Highway Department) in 1991 (effective 1992), and as the Highway Division under the Dept. of Transportation in 2009.  The Bureau of Transportation Planning and Development was added to the department per St 1964, c 563, s 1, and abolished per St 2004, c 196, s 8, to be consolidated within the Massachusetts Highway Department. It was later succeeded by the Office of Transportation Planning in the Dept. of Transportation.
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