Question of the Day: What Do You Think of Mayor Menino's Plan to Re-Route Hazardous Materials?
Let us know what you think in the Comments section below.
As reported on Burlington Patch, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has put forward a plan to re-route trucks carrying hazardous material away from the city and through outlying roadways. Burlington Selectmen Ralph Patuto, who is the board's liaison to the Route 128 3C Committee, stated in last night's meeting that this would mean more hazardous materials coming down Route 128 (I-95). Patuto said this would increase the risk for communities along the highway and endanger both residential areas and sources of drinking water.
Menino has said the move is meant to take the trucks off of Boston's busy and densely packed roadways, where, he says, they pose a greater risk.
“These vehicles simply do not belong on busy roadways in densely populated areas,” Menino said in a July 25 release.
What we want to know today is What do you think of the plan? Do you agree the trucks would be safer on the highway or do you think this just increases the risk for suburban communities?
Let us know your thoughts in the Comments section below.
Matt Conti - NorthEndWaterfront.com
1:11 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
No one "wants" the trucks but they have to get to gas stations somehow. Highways versus the most dense population in the state? Can't blame the folks in the North End ... Read the safety study:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/Images_Documents/COB%20Hazmat%20Route%20Evaluation%20Report_tcm3-25772.pdf
BurlGirl
11:22 am on Thursday, August 18, 2011
So a MAYOR of a City can determine what happens on an Interstate Highway system? REALLY. We already get traffic for the Woburn courthouse, commuters cutting through our town on their trek from home - to -work, enough FEDEX trucks to make me FedUp. State highway 3A is in need of a resurfacing, Middlesex Tpk needs extreme re-design work and don't get me started on the supposed Snow Removal along state roadways & sidewalks. We have ROY Bros. heavy trucking already cutting through our residential neighborhood along with the many landscapers parked everywhere. Delivery trucks just abandon their vehicles in NoParking zones, across residential driveways, dumpsters pickup at 3-5am! We are all annoyed with the utter lack of decorum from the commercial drivers. Let's not add HAZARDOUS cargo to our commute.