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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 919 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3328
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kenneth I. Gordon and Richard M. Haggerty
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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 relative to interstate highway noise abatement in certain cities and towns.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/9/2023Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex1/17/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 919 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3328
By Representatives Gordon of Bedford and Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 3328) of Kenneth I. Gordon and Richard M. Haggerty that the Massachusetts
Department of Transportation be authorized to conduct a comprehensive noise study along
certain interstate highways. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3481 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to interstate highway noise abatement in certain cities and towns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts
2Department of Transportation shall conduct a comprehensive noise study along interstate
3highways in the towns of Bedford, Burlington, and the city of Woburn to determine the ambient
4noise level generated by traffic and the traffic-related noise impact on surrounding areas. The
5department shall make recommendations for noise abatement methods, including but not limited
6to a highway noise barrier. The comprehensive noise study shall be conducted by an acoustical
7engineer employed by or on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The
8results of the study and the department recommendations shall be filed with the chairs of the
9joint committee on transportation and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate on
10or before June 1, 2024.