SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1719        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1918

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Quiet Pavements..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 15 of chapter 81 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following two paragraphs:--

When a subject of any such contract includes the repavement of a state highway within 200 feet of residential homes, a special type of quiet pavement material must be used. 

For the purposes of this section, “quiet pavement” shall mean a high-quality, thoroughly controlled, engineered mixture made by heating asphalt cement and mixing it with aggregates and mineral fillers, in proportions of 94 to 96 percent aggregate and 4 to 6 percent asphalt cement.