Transit officials take heat for $100K private bathroom

摘要

Massachusetts transportation officials are taking criticism for installing a $100,000 bathroom inrna state building.rnThe 115-square-foot restroom, alongside a kitchenette, was put into the Massachusetts BayrnTransportation Authority boardroom last year.rnUsually, the state uses a bidding competition for such projects to keep costs down. But thernbathroom was installed on a no-bid contract and placed just 40 steps away from a publicrnbathroom.rnA spokesman for the Transportation Department said reporters sometimes follow MBTA boardrnmembers to the public toilets during public board meetings.