Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The deputy commissioner of capital planning and operations, acting for and in behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to acquire by eminent domain, by purchase or otherwise, under the provisions of section one of chapter six hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-five certain parcels of land belonging to the city of Leominster, located in the city of Leominster and in the city of Fitchburg, being used by the city of Leominster for reservoir purposes, and to transfer the care, custody and control of the said parcels of land to the department of public works for highway purposes.

Seven parcels of land located in the city of Fitchburg along the proposed modification of state highway route 2, ramps and minor roadways and bounded and described as follows:

Parcel 5-4

A certain rectangular shaped parcel of land the northerly side about one hundred (100) feet right of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 125+85 and about one hundred (100) feet right at or about station 128+90 of said baseline, approximately forty-one (41) feet wide and three hundred and twenty (320) feet long, containing about 0.28 acre of land to be used as a site for slope work.

Parcel 5-5

A certain rectangular shaped parcel of land the northerly side about one hundred and five (105) feet right of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 110+80 and about one hundred and five (105) feet at or about station 124+27 of said baseline, approximately thirty (30) feet wide and one thousand three hundred and ninety-nine (1,399) feet long, containing about 0.96 acre of land, to be used as a site for slope work.

Parcel 5-6

A certain rectangular shaped parcel of land the southerly side about one hundred (100) feet left of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 106+05 and about one hundred (100) feet left at or about station 114+68 of said baseline, approximately thirty-five (35) feet wide and eight hundred and eighty-eight (888) feet long, containing about 0.71 acre of land, to be used as a site for slope work.

Parcel 5-8

A certain irregular shaped parcel of land the northerly side about one hundred and ten (110) feet right of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 84+20 and about one hundred (100) feet right at or about station 98+60 of said baseline, approximately ninety (90) feet wide and one thousand, four hundred and forty (1,440) feet long, containing about 2.64 acre of land, to be used as a site for proposed ramps M and L.

Parcel 5-12

A certain rectangular shaped parcel of land the northerly side about three hundred (300) feet right of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 89+13 and about three hundred and ninety (390) feet right at or about station 97+65 of said baseline, approximately two hundred and sixty (260) feet wide and eight hundred and fifty-five (855) feet long, containing about 5.42 acre of land, to be used as a site for proposed ramps M and L and relocated 5th Massachusetts Pike.

Parcel 5-R-1

A certain rectangular shaped parcel of land on the northerly side of the existing route 2 baseline left of station 126+00 about 120 feet, to station 129+00 about 120 feet left, approximately 53 feet wide and about 315 feet long, containing about 0.15 acres of land to be used as an access road to an existing electrical sub-station.

Parcel 5-D-3

A certain irregular shaped parcel of land north of the existing route 2 baseline approximately 150 feet left of said baseline. Said parcel varies in width from 8 feet to 16 feet and is approximately 23 feet long, containing about 280 square feet of land to be used as a site for permanent drainage.

Five parcels of land in the city of Leominster along the proposed modification of state highway route 2, ramps and minor roadways and bounded and described as follows:

Parcel 8-3

A certain irregular shaped parcel of land the southerly side about one hundred (100) feet left of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 84+05 and about one hundred (100) feet left at or about station 104+00 of said baseline, approximately three hundred and thirty-five (335) feet wide and one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-four (1,984) feet long, containing about 15.23 acres of land, to be used as a site for proposed ramps J and K.

Parcel 8-5

A certain triangular shaped parcel of land the southerly side about one hundred (100) feet left of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 83+00 and about one hundred (100) feet left at or about station 83+55 of said baseline, approximately three hundred and fifty-four (354) feet wide and fifty-five (55) feet long, containing about 0.39 acre of land, to be used as a site for slope work.

Parcel 8-6

A certain rectangular shaped parcel of land the southerly side about one hundred and fifty (150) feet left of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 60+00 and about one hundred and fifty (150) feet left at or about station 66+60 of said baseline, approximately forty (40) feet wide and seven hundred (700) feet long, containing about 0.65 acre of land, to be used as a site for slope work.

Parcel 8-D-2

A certain irregular shaped parcel of land, about two hundred twenty-five (225) feet south of the existing route 2 baseline at station 50+00 and about one hundred feet south of the existing route 2 baseline at about station 53+00, approximately forty to fifty feet wide and about two hundred sixty feet long containing about 0.25 acres of land to be used as a site for permanent drainage.

Parcel 8-3-C

A certain triangular shaped parcel of land the easterly side about fifteen (15) feet right of the proposed relocated palmer centerline at station 10+40 and about thirty-five (35) feet right at or about 14+40 of said centerline, approximately thirteen (13) feet wide and four hundred and ten (410) feet long, containing about 3,718 S.F. of land to be used as a site for slope work.

Said parcels of land are shown on sheets 35, 36, and 55 of plan of land entitled "Fitchburg, Leominster, Westminster Route 2 Modification, Right of Way Plan Location Map, January 23, 1985", which plan shall be on file with the chief engineer of the department of public works. All parcels are to be diverted from their present reservoir use to highway uses.