Policy Order O-18
Councillor vanBeuzekom
WHEREAS: The City of Cambridge supports a highly functional transit system within the City of Cambridge and throughout the state; and
WHEREAS: A competitive economy, a healthy public, a healthy environment, and our quality of life in the Commonwealth depend upon a functioning and financially stable transportation system; and
WHEREAS: The Patrick-Murray Administration Bill (H4084) presenting moving through legislation requests a one-year $1.5 billion Transportation bond bill that maintains transportation-related infrastructure investments through Fiscal Year 2013; and
WHEREAS: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Chelsea City Manager Jay Ash, Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll and many other municipal officials from across the state joined together in a call to action for the statewide investment for building the 21st century Transportation System that Massachusetts needs; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Council go on record supporting H4084 and the statewide investment in a 21st century Transportation System in Massachusetts.