H5400 • 2025

An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes

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Sponsor: Haggerty, Richard M.
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes

An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes By Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and Gordon of Bedford, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Richard M.

What This Bill Does

An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes By Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and Gordon of Bedford, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Richard M.
Haggerty, Kenneth I.
Gordon and Michelle L.
Ciccolo that the city of Boston be authorized to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington to the Commonwealth for highway purposes.

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Bill History

2026-05-07 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 05/28/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2026-04-30 Senate
Senate concurred
2026-04-28 House
Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation
2026-04-21 House
Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the city of Boston Department of Parks and Recreation to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington for highway purposes
By Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and Gordon of Bedford, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Richard M. Haggerty, Kenneth I. Gordon and Michelle L. Ciccolo that the city of Boston be authorized to grant permanent easements over certain land in the city of Woburn and town of Burlington to the Commonwealth for highway purposes. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation

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Bill H.5400

SECTION 1. Pursuant to section 5A of chapter 3 of the general laws, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, city of Boston department of parks and recreation may transfer to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through the Massachusetts department of transportation, for highway purposes, certain portions of land owned by the city of Boston department of parks and recreation located in Woburn and Burlington, being 8,917 square feet and shown as parcels 24-3-C and 24-PUE-4-C 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 transfers 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 6, 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 to satisfy Article 97. The town of Burlington further accepted a conservation restriction from Wheeler Self Storage, LLC on the Wheeler Road property containing approximately 9 acres, recorded with the Middlesex south registry of deeds at Book 78014, Page 433 . As described in conditions G and H of that certain special permit decision granted by the town of Burlington planning board recorded with the Middlesex south

registry of deeds at book 71169 and page 469, said conveyance was specifically intended to be mitigation for the transfer described in section 1.

SECTION 3.

The department of transportation shall assume all costs associated with engineering, surveys, appraisals, deed preparation and other expenses necessary to execute the conveyances authorized by this act.

SECTION 4.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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