Video: MassDOT public hearing at 10 Park Plaza, Boston on August 23, 2011 regarding the proposed re-routing of hazmat pass-through trucks from the North End / Waterfront and downtown to Route 128 and other highways outside the city. The North End / Waterfront community showed up in force on Tuesday at the first of four Read More…
Your neighbors on the North End / Waterfront Task Force are asking for your help as we gear up for the final leg of the campaign to ban pass-through hazmat trucks from our neighborhood streets. With the City’s public safety study strongly recommending a ban of these hazmat trucks, the routing decision now resides with Read More…
A leaking gasoline tanker caused a hazmat incident this afternoon in downtown Boston. Police spotted a small, but significant, amount of gasoline leaking from a tanker on Surface Road along the Greenway between the Financial District and Harbor Towers. Police called the Fire Department who brought in the HazMat Response Team to assess the dangerous Read More…
With the State’s public hearings coming up at the end of August, today’s Sunday Boston Herald cover story gears up the debate regarding the routing of hazardous material (hazmat) trucks through downtown Boston, including the North End. A recently completed safety study decisively recommends pass-through hazmat trucks (i.e., those not doing business in Boston which Read More…
Public Hearings: Proposed Hazardous Material Route Public Hearings will be held by MassDOT, as the state routing agency, to discuss the I-93/I-95 Non-Radioactive Hazardous Material through routing designation proposed by the City of Boston. The four hearings are scheduled as follows: Boston- Tuesday, August 23, 6:30-8:30pm, State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, 2nd Floor Quincy- Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) took up three community issues at its July 14, 2011 meeting. Zoning Variance – 55-57 N. Washington St., Michelle Holdings, LLC Letter on Hazardous Cargo Truck Route Change Boston Bikes Program – North End/Waterfront Bike Lane Proposal A summary of each item follows: Zoning Variance – 55-57 Read More…
News from the Offices of State Representative Aaron Michlewitz and State Senator Anthony Petruccelli: Representative Michlewitz & Senator Petruccelli lead the way in clearing Boston streets of Hazmat vehicles Boston Delegation unanimous in support of Hazmat ban State Representative Aaron Michlewitz and State Senator Anthony Petruccelli have taken the lead in advocating that the Read More…
The City of Boston Mayor’s Office issued the following release: MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO REQUESTS EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOSTON’S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING STUDY In a letter to the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Jeffrey B. Mullan, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has requested that the state quickly begin the Read More…
“Based on the differences in route risk, the routes through downtown Boston are significantly higher in risk than travel on the beltway (Route 128).” —Battelle Memorial Institute Study Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Tom Tinlin brought good news to approximately 80 North End / Waterfront residents at this week’s community meeting on hazardous material (hazmat) truck Read More…
The long awaited public safety study on routing hazardous material/cargo (hazmat) trucks has finally reached Boston’s City Hall. According to city officials, the analysis supports banning the hazmat trucks from cutting through ANY of the North End / Waterfront streets. Further, the study recommends routing the trucks completely outside the City of Boston to the Read More…
The North End / Waterfront HazMat Task Force wrote a letter to the State and City transportation departments requesting detailed information regarding the types and quantities of hazardous materials that travel on designated HC routes. Transportation officials are conducting a public safety study of hazardous material cargo truck routes in and around the City of Read More…
An update from the North End/Waterfront HazMat Task Force: Neighbors, I hope you are enjoying the summer. It’s been a while, so this note is to let you know that the Hazardous Material Truck issue is still alive and that your neighbor activists are still active, both out in front and behind the scenes. By Read More…