Dennis Ferreira, a former superintendent of Barletta Heavy Division Inc., a unit of privately-held Barletta Cos., Canton, Mass., has been suspended from participating in all federally-funded programs and projects, according to a recent U.S. Dept. of Transportation Office of Inspector General statement.
Ferreira and Barletta pleaded not guilty in February in Providence County Superior Court in Rhode Island to two counts of illegal disposal of solid waste, one count of operating a solid waste management facility without a license and one count of providing a false document to a public official. The firm was lead contractor of the design-build joint venture awarded a $246.7-million contract for the Route 6/10 highway interchange project in Providence. They allegedly illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated fill on the $410 million project starting in July 2020.