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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

     

     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:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 39-18 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Public Transit

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Authority" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     39-18-4.3. Alteration of bus route 58 and bus route 27.

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     (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-18-4.2, the authority shall alter bus route 58 as

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part of its transportation system as follows:

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     (1) That portion of the route inbound on Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North

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Providence until it intersects with Charles Street in said town; then turning right at Charles Street

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and proceeding southerly into the city of Providence until it intersects with Silver Spring Street in

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said city; then turning left at Silver Spring Street and traveling in a northerly direction until it

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intersects with Branch Avenue in said city; then turning right at Branch Avenue and proceeding in

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an easterly direction until it intersects with West River Street in said city; then turning right at West

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River Street and proceeding in a southerly direction and thereafter continuing on Bus Route 58.

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     (2) The outbound route of bus route 58 shall be altered in the same manner as set forth in

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this section.

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     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-18-4.2, the authority shall alter bus route 27 as

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part of its transportation system as follows:

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     (1) That portion of the route outbound on Mineral Spring Avenue in the town of North

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Providence to the Shaw's Supermarket located on Smithfield Road and returning back to Sunset

 

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Avenue, Bourne Avenue, and Centerdale and thereafter continuing on bus route 27.

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     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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     This act would create an exception to the requirements of § 39-18-4.2, which requires

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preparation of a neighborhood impact statement and a public hearing for alteration of a bus route

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and would direct the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) to alter bus route 58 and bus

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route 27.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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