BOSTON — Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority General Manager Phil Eng has been tapped as the state's interim transportation secretary effective immediately, filling in a role created Thursday, Oct. 16 by the resignation of Monica Tibbits-Nutt.

The Healey administration announced Thursday morning, Oct. 16 that Tibbits-Nutt "has made the decision to step down" from her roles as secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Tibbits-Nutt was appointed as secretary in September 2023 to replace Gov. Maura T. Healey's first transportation secretary, Gina Fiandaca. Tibbits-Nutt was undersecretary of the department from the start of Healey's gubernatorial term until Fiandaca's departure.

Eng will be the third person to take on the role of transportation secretary in

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