A Waltham-based company that operates travel service plazas along highways sued the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Friday in an attempt to force the agency to hand over records related to a decades-long service plaza lease awarded to Applegreen.

The lawsuit, filed by Global Partners in Suffolk Superior Court, is the latest controversy to surface after MassDOT awarded Ireland-based Applegreen a 35-year lease in June to operate 18 service plazas, including 11 along the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Global Partners accused officials at MassDOT of “willfully violating the Massachusetts Public Records Law by failing to timely provide key documents tied to the controversial award of a 35-year service plaza lease to Applegreen.”

“This is a blatant attempt to run out the clock on transpar

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