Overview

• Applegreen ended three months of lease negotiations, citing unresolved commercial terms and costly litigation threats that it said jeopardized the project’s timeline and financing.
• Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt said Applegreen is no longer the right partner and the agency will move to identify another bidder to deliver the service plaza upgrades.
• Global Partners has a Suffolk Superior Court lawsuit seeking to block the award and has alleged improper texting and ethics violations involving the selection process, accusations Applegreen has disputed.
• A planned Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee hearing was postponed, and the chair urged a full rebid and said the Inspector General will be called to testify in October.
• Applegreen had been selected in June after a yearlong procurement, and its withdrawal leaves the redevelopment of 18 plazas, including 11 on the Mass. Turnpike, with unclear timing and financing.