DePaola Takes Helm at MassDOT After Davey Exits as Deval Administration Winds Down

AASHTO Journal, 10 October 2014

Massachusetts Highway Administrator Frank DePaola will take over as acting secretary and CEO of the state Department of Transportation, after Richard Davey resigned effective Nov. 1 from the department’s top job.

Gov. Deval Patrick said DePaola will stay at the agency’s helm through the final two months of his term as governor.

DePaola has headed the Highway Division since April 2011. A civil engineer, he formerly was assistant general manager for design and construction at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Deval announced Davey’s decision on the governor’s blog, saying the departing MassDOT chief was “a key member of my team and one of the finest transportation leaders the Commonwealth has ever had. He has been instrumental in our work to provide every region of this state with a safer, more efficient transportation system, a growing economy and a better quality of life.”

Davey became secretary in September 2011, after having been MBTA’s general manager and GM of the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail Co.

“It’s time,” Davey told the State House News Service. “I’m going to take some time to travel a little bit with my wife and start to think about what’s next for my career. But we have a window to travel now, and I know the governor understands.”

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