HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1321        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3583

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to enhance trail crossing safety of state roads.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/16/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/22/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

2/22/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/22/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/22/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

2/24/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/25/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

2/25/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

2/25/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/25/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/26/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/26/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/27/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

2/27/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/27/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

2/28/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/28/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/28/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

2/28/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/28/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

3/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1321        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3583

By Mr. Driscoll of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3583) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. and others that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation be authorized to mark state-owned trails that intersect state-owned roads with marked crosswalks and pedestrian crossing signs with flashing lights and reflectors from trailhead to trailhead.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to enhance trail crossing safety of state roads.

 

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.  Chapter 89 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 13. All state-owned trails that intersect state-owned roads shall be clearly marked by the department of transportation with a marked crosswalk and pedestrian crossing signs with flashing lights and reflectors from trailhead to trailhead, and any other suitable markers the department determines are necessary to ensure pedestrian and driver safety near such crosswalks, in compliance with the standards of the department. The department may divert trails to cross at an existing lighted intersection with a marked crosswalk if the department, in coordination with the department of conservation and recreation, determines it is necessary to meet the requirements of this section.

SECTION 2. The department of transportation shall erect suitable markers on state-owned trails intersecting state-owned roads pursuant to section 13 of chapter 89 of the General Laws by June 30, 2020.