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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 740 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2302 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Walter F. Timilty |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act directing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to install sound barriers in |
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| 13 | 13 | | Quincy and Braintree. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Walter F. TimiltyNorfolk, Plymouth and BristolJohn F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 740 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2302 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2302) of Walter F. Timilty and John |
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| 20 | 20 | | F. Keenan for legislation to direct the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to install |
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| 21 | 21 | | sound barriers in Quincy and Braintree. Transportation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2343 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act directing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to install sound barriers in |
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| 30 | 30 | | Quincy and Braintree. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Bay |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Transportation Authority is hereby directed to conduct a comprehensive sound study along the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3Red Line extension to Braintree, so-called, from the Neponset River Bridge to the Braintree Red |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4Line Train Station, to determine the ambient noise level, using the background A-weighted |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5sound pressure levels that is exceeded ninety percent of the time measured during equipment |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6operating hours over a minimum of a twenty-four period, less the noise generated by the existing |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7MBTA trains. Said study shall be conducted by an acoustical engineer employed by or on behalf |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8of the MBTA. In those residential areas where the decibel level generated by the Red Line trains |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9exceeds the ambient level by ten or more decibels, the MBTA is hereby ordered and directed to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10install sound barriers in order to mitigate said noise pollution problems. 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 Said barriers shall be of a design approved by an acoustical engineer hired by or |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12employed by the Transit Authority. Said design shall then be approved by said Authority and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13local Board(s) of Health(s) Departments after a public hearing process. |
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