H 5541

SECTION 1. Pursuant to section 5A of chapter 3 of the general laws, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its department of transportation, may take for highway purposes, certain parcels of land located in Woburn and Burlington, held in trust by the city of Boston department of Treasury, being temporary construction areas of 4,603 square feet and permanent easements of 8,917 square feet and shown 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 takings 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 takings authorized by this act. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.