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Municipal leaders push for "Municipal Voices" bill to get more notice and data on gas pipeline work
Summary
Local officials and advocates said municipalities need timely, detailed plans from gas utilities on pipeline replacements and proposed alternatives so towns can coordinate road work, explore non‑pipeline alternatives and avoid costly duplication (S2248/H3446).
Municipal officials and community advocates asked the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy to advance legislation that would give cities and towns more timely information and a formal role in planning gas pipeline replacement and related street work.
Newton city councilor Allison Leary and Wellesley select board members described multiple incidents where municipal road projects had to be delayed or pulled from town warrants after utilities announced gas main replacement work with little notice. Leary said Newton has “the largest and leakiest gas infrastructure outside of Boston” and recounted…
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