Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts S3229: 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
Status: Passed one chamber, July 29, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, July 29, 2026:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding and general or special law to the contrary and pursuant to section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws, the commonwealth, acting by and through the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, may take for highway purposes, certain parcels of land located in the city of Woburn and the town of Burlington, held in trust by the treasury of the city of Boston, 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”, on file with the chief engineer of the division of highways 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, the town of Burlington required that land be set aside for future improvements to the intersection of Cambridge road at South Bedford street and Bedford road and Wheeler Self Storage, LLC conveyed a conservation restriction to …
Sponsors
- Cindy Friedman (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Consolidated with H5616
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Passed to be engrossed
- : New draft (Friedman) of S3169
Common questions
- What is S3229?
- S3229 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 S3229?
- Passed one chamber as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: Consolidated with H5616 (July 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored S3229?
- Cindy Friedman (D).
- Where is the official record for S3229?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3229
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