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State Sending Hazmat Trucks Through Woburn
The controversial decision to re-route trucks carrying gasoline, oil and other flammable cargo outside of Boston and along Route 128 went into effect this summer.
The so-called suburban migration apparently also applies to trucks toting hazardous materials. According to the Boston Globe, trucks filled with gas, oil and other hazardous materials that used to cut through Boston on Route 93 have been rerouted out to Route 128/95 during the daytime in accordance with a new policy the Department of Transportation put into effect earlier this summer. The plan has been the subject of considerable debate over the past year, with support from the North End and other Hub neighborhoods and opposition from suburban communities along the already heavily trafficked highway. DOT spokeswoman Sara Lavoie told the Globe the decision to implement the plan came after months of hearings and legal notices. However, …
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Roth Gill
3:06 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Now is the time to start pressuring the aldermen and contacting Jim Dwyer State Rep. to move this along. During a meeting last year around this same time. the city was going to attempt a 3 pronged approach to get things moving....here's where last year's idea's left off: 1.) We (the city) believe that the highway 95/128 has been expanded which should entitle us to sound barriers under type II , … more ›