2023 -- H 5662 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC | |
TRANSIT AUTHORITY | |
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Introduced By: Representative William W. O'Brien | |
Date Introduced: February 17, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 39-18 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Public Transit |
2 | Authority" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 39-18-4.3. Alteration of bus route 58 and bus route 27. |
4 | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-18-4.2, the authority shall alter bus route 58 as |
5 | part of its transportation system as follows: |
6 | (1) That portion of the route inbound on Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North |
7 | Providence until it intersects with Charles Street in said town; then turning right at Charles Street |
8 | and proceeding southerly into the city of Providence until it intersects with Silver Spring Street in |
9 | said city; then turning left at Silver Spring Street and traveling in a northerly direction until it |
10 | intersects with Branch Avenue in said city; then turning right at Branch Avenue and proceeding in |
11 | an easterly direction until it intersects with West River Street in said city; then turning right at West |
12 | River Street and proceeding in a southerly direction and thereafter continuing on Bus Route 58. |
13 | (2) The outbound route of bus route 58 shall be altered in the same manner as set forth in |
14 | this section. |
15 | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-18-4.2, the authority shall alter bus route 27 as |
16 | part of its transportation system as follows: |
17 | (1) That portion of the route outbound on Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North |
18 | Providence to the Shaw's Supermarket located on Smithfield Road and returning back to Sunset |
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1 | Avenue, Bourne Avenue, and Centerdale and thereafter continuing on bus route 27. |
2 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC | |
TRANSIT AUTHORITY | |
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1 | This act would create an exception to the requirements of § 39-18-4.2, which requires |
2 | preparation of a neighborhood impact statement and a public hearing for alteration of a bus route |
3 | and would direct the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) to alter bus route 58 and bus |
4 | route 27. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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