AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ACQUIRE INTERESTS IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF LAND OWNED BY THE TOWN OF ANDOVER
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to acquire certain portions of land owned by the town of Andover which were acquired by the town of Andover for Article XCVII purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety and convenience.
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 section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws and any other general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation may acquire from the town of Andover, acting by and through its conservation commission, for highway purposes, permanent easements in certain portions of land owned by the conservation commission of the town of Andover and identified as permanent easement parcel numbers 20-E-1 and 20-PUE-1-T on a plan of land entitled “Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division Plan And Profile Of Tewksbury Street Over Pan MA Railroad (Bridge No. A-09-015) In The Town of Andover Essex County Preliminary Right of Way Plans”. The impact to the protected land to be acquired by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation is limited to permanent easements of approximately 704 square feet for guy wire placement, guardrail removal and bridge special slope paving.
SECTION 2. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall assume all costs associated with engineering, surveys, appraisals, deed preparation and other expenses necessary to execute the conveyances authorized by this act.
Approved, August 5, 2026.