By Ms. Grant of Beverly, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3497) of Mary E. Grant and others that the Department of Highways be directed to study the feasibilityof making improvements to interchanges on a certain portion of state highway Route 128.  Transportation.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Mary E. Grant

Douglas W. Petersen

Joyce A. Spiliotis

Bruce E. Tarr

Anthony J. Verga

Theodore C. Speliotis

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to Route 128 interchange improvements.

    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.   The Massachusetts Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to evaluate the feasibility of interchange improvements along Route 128, from the City of Peabody to the Town of Gloucester. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the traffic patterns along the corridor, improvements and or reconstruction of interchanges, upgrades to the acceleration and deceleration lanes, and the feasibility of an additional lane along the highway. The study shall commence no later than June 1, 2005 and continue for a period of six months, at the end of such time, the Massachusetts Highway Department will submit a report to the House and Senate chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation detailing the plans for design and construction of the improvement project. This report is due to the committee no later than December 1, 2007.