SENATE DOCKET, NO. 324        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2104

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John F. Keenan

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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 directing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to install sound barriers in Quincy and Braintree.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

 

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

1/25/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

1/29/2019

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

2/1/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 324        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2104

By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2104) of John F. Keenan, Mark J. Cusack, Bruce J. Ayers, Tackey Chan and others for legislation relative to directing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to install sound barriers in Quincy and Braintree.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1932 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 directing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to install sound barriers in Quincy and Braintree.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation is hereby directed to conduct a comprehensive noise study along the northbound and southbound sides of Route I-93 in the city of Quincy from exit 10, Squantum Street/Milton to the I- 93/Route 3 split and continuing to the Washington Street Bridge in the Town of Braintree, to determine the ambient noise level generated by the existing Route I-93 traffic. Said study shall be conducted by an acoustical engineer employed by or on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.