State offers one-stop shopping for traffic webcams

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Interstate 95 near the Massachusetts Turnpike this morning

By Emma Rose Johnson, Globe Correspondent

The state has announced a website that will provide one-stop shopping for people who want to look at a number of live webcam views of traffic around the state.

The highway traffic camera page, www.mass.gov/511/cameras, will include views from cameras from the former Turnpike and MassHighway Departments, as well as some Tobin Bridge camera views. Previously, Turnpike camera feeds were available on one website, while MassHighway camera feeds were available on a totally separate site.

The state also announced that it would launch a new customer-focused website this weekend as the new transportation system reform law goes into effect, creating a new state Department of Transportation.

The website, www.mass.gov/massdot, will go up Sunday, the day the law goes into effect, officials said in a statement.

The website will include information and news on the new department's four primary divisions: highway, rail and transit, aeronautics, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles. MassDOT will also post event calendars to keep the public informed about public events and hearings.