Section 7I. The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with railroad corporations, transit authorities or other public authorities or municipalities for the purpose of performing any work which may be necessary in connection with the construction of highways, roads, bridges and other public works undertaken by said department whenever such construction or work entails relocation, alteration or other work on the tracks, bridges, roads, pipes, sewers, conduits, wires, or other property of such railroad corporation, transit authority or other public authority or municipality and which may disrupt the free flow of public transportation. Whenever any such agreement provides that a railroad corporation, transit authority or other public authority, and municipality perform such construction or work for which the commonwealth is obligated to assume a part of the cost, the agreement may provide for the monthly advancement by the department to such railroad corporation transit authority or other public authority or municipality of funds covering the estimated cost of such construction or work then in progress.
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