SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2609
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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SENATE, February 8, 2024.
The committee on Senate Rules to whom was referred the Senate Bill designating a
certain bridge in the city of Leominster as the Honorable John Walter Olver Memorial Bridge
(Senate, No. 2221) reports, that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
with an amendment substituting a new draft entitled "An Act designating a certain bridge in the
city of Leominster as the Honorable John Walter Olver Memorial Bridge" (Senate, No. 2609).
For the committee,
Joan B. Lovely
 FILED ON: 2/7/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2609
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act designating a certain bridge in the city of Leominster as the Honorable John Walter
Olver memorial bridge..
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
designate forthwith a certain bridge in the city of Leominster, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Bridge number L08023 located in the city of Leominster over state highway route 2 in
2 proximity to exit 99B, currently known as the “twin cities rail trail bridge”, shall be designated
3 and known as the Honorable John Walter Olver memorial bridge in recognition of former
4 Congressman John Walter Olver, who served in both chambers of the general court, being
5 elected to the house of representatives in 1968 and the senate in 1972, and represented the First
6 Congressional District of Massachusetts from 1991 to 2013. The Massachusetts Department of
7 Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing the designation in compliance
8 with the standards of the department.
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