Section 7B. Wherever in this chapter the department is authorized to take land by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, in connection with the laying out, widening or relocating of a public way, the department shall be authorized to take, or institute proceedings for the taking of, an easement in land adjoining the location of the public way consisting of the right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of the adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Section 2 - Road Information; Duties of Local Officials
Section 3 - Purchase and Maintenance of Road Machinery; Storage Quarters
Section 5 - Filing of Highway Plan; Right to Abandon or Discontinue; Width of Highway
Section 6 - Alteration of Location
Section 7 - Acquisition of Land Outside Limits of Existing Highway
Section 7a - Acquisition of Land to Alter or Relocate Ways Connecting With State Highways
Section 7b - Acquisition of Slope Easement to Protect Existing Ways
Section 7c - Limited Access Ways; Definition; Acquisition of Land; Motorist Service Facilities
Section 7d - Public Utility Easements and Cattle Passes
Section 7e - Sale, Transfer, Lease or Rental of Excess Lands
Section 7f - Entry on Private Land for Purpose of Surveys, Soundings, Drillings and Examinations
Section 7g - Relocation of Public Utilities; Purchase of Lands and Easements
Section 7h - Lease of Lands for Public Parking Facility
Section 7k - Relocation of Facilities of Public Utilities; Entry Upon Lands
Section 7l - Lease of Air Rights Over State Highways
Section 8 - Construction of State Highways; Advertising for Proposals
Section 10 - Contributions by Cities and Towns
Section 11 - Acquisition of Land to Supply Road Materials
Section 12 - Discontinuance or Abandonment
Section 13 - Duties of Department; Definition of State Highway
Section 13a - Highway Landscaping; Acceptance of Gifts of Easements
Section 14 - Removal of Trees and Other Obstructions Near Highways
Section 15 - Contracts for Maintenance and Repair
Section 18 - Defects in Highways; Liability
Section 19 - Jurisdiction of Local Police; Snow Removal
Section 20a - Illumination of Highways
Section 21 - Excavations or Driveway Openings on State Highways; Conditions; Enforcement
Section 22 - Prescriptive Rights of Adjoining Owners
Section 26 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns
Section 26a - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Contributions by County
Section 27 - Maintenance Costs; Conditions of Payment
Section 28 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Performance of Contract
Section 29 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Determination of Town's Contribution
Section 29a - Laying Out or Altering Ways; Consent, Acquisition, Funds
Section 30 - Use of Federal Aid for Highways and Rural Post Roads