Massachusetts S3169: An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust

What the bill says

From the introduced text, June 4, 2026:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to section 5A of chapter 3 of the general laws, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its department of transportation, may take for highway purposes, certain parcels of land located in Woburn and Burlington, held in trust by the city of Boston department of Treasury, being temporary construction areas of 4,603 square feet and permanent easements of 8,917 square feet and shown on a plan of land entitled, “Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division Intersection Improvement Project Cambridge Road at South Bedford Street and Bedford Road in the city and town of Woburn/Burlington, Middlesex County Preliminary Right of Way Plans”, to be filed with the chief engineer of the highway division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and recorded with the Middlesex north registry of deeds. SECTION 2. In anticipation of and as planned mitigation for the takings described in section 1 of this act, and to ensure no net loss of land subject to article 97 of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, during the May 25, 2025 approval of a special permit to Jumbo Self Storage, LLC - Jumbo Capital Management for land being located at 7 Wheeler Road in Burlington, Massachusetts and shown on Assessor's Map 52 as Parcels 4 and …

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Sponsors

• Cindy Friedman (D) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. July 29, 2026: New draft substituted (Friedman), see S3229
2. July 29, 2026: Read third
3. July 29, 2026: Taken out of the Orders of the Day
4. July 22, 2026: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading
5. July 22, 2026: Bill reported favorably by committee
6. July 9, 2026: Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
7. July 8, 2026: House concurred
8. June 29, 2026: Referred to the committee on Transportation
9. June 29, 2026: Rules suspended
10. June 4, 2026: Referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

Votes

• Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Transportation (July 17, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is S3169?

S3169 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to take easements over certain land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington held in trust by the city of Boston for the Mary P. C. Cummings Testamentary Trust.

What is the status of S3169?

In committee as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: New draft substituted (Friedman), see S3229 (July 29, 2026).

Who sponsored S3169?

Cindy Friedman (D).

Where is the official record for S3169?

On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3169