What’s next for Needham after MBTA Communities vote?
Needham voters repealed a state-mandated MBTA Communities Act zoning plan Tuesday, but the town's not out of compliance just ...
Free community college, $8B MBTA spending plan highlight Gov. Healey's State of the Commonwealth
In her second address of its kind, Governor Maura Healey touted the accomplishments of her administration and laid out a ...
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MBTA Communities Law is constitutional, Massachusetts SJC rules, but current guidelines are unenforceable
BOSTON - The controversial MBTA Communities Law is constitutional, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday. But for now, the Supreme Judicial Court says the housing guidelines issued to ...
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Needham Voters Strike Down MBTA Communities Zoning Plan
The proposal would have created capacity for roughly 3,300 units near two of the town's commuter rail station stops.
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Massachusetts Releases Emergency Guidelines Concerning MBTA Communities Act Zoning
Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) issued emergency guidelines for the ...
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Needham rejects MBTA zoning compliance after town-wide vote
In a previous Special Town Meeting in October, the Town of Needham had adopted new zoning by-laws to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, which requires 177 communities near T and Commuter Rail ...
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SJC rules MBTA zoning law can stand, but orders state to redo guidelines
Towns and cities do not have the ability to opt themselves out of the state’s MBTA zoning law ... CEO of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, noted that “we know the only solution to the ...
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Fire ignited by debris or leaves sparks inside MBTA station
including Boston Fire Department and Transit Police, for their swift and effective response in addressing the situation," the MBTA said in a statement.Power to the third rail was interrupted for ...
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MBTA housing law is constitutional, state's highest court finds. But there's a catch
BOSTON — The controversial MBTA Communities Act is a constitutional law that the attorney general can enforce with legal action, but the measure is "ineffective" until the Healey administration ...
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Towns get more time to adopt MBTA zoning regs
The Healey administration has filed new regulations to implement a controversial law meant to spur greater housing production, after the state's highest court struck down the last pass ...
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Faster track for state mass transportation: Healey touts $8 billion initiative in city
That includes the Greater Boston MBTA as well as regional transit systems and state and local transportation infrastructure such as highways, roadways, bridges, sidewalks and even culverts.
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The MBTA stopped announcing new slow zones. That doesn’t mean they disappeared
As 2024 crept to a close, the MBTA completed a monumental year of maintenance ... rush hour after a train became disabled in Downtown Boston. T officials have said they are now better prepared ...