Massachusetts Port Authority (Record Group TC6)

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St 1956, c 465 created the Massachusetts Port Authority (now commonly known as Massport), consisting of seven gubernatorial appointees serving staggered seven-year terms, to acquire through refinancing and to maintain and operate the following: from the City of Boston, the Sumner Tunnel from Boston to East Boston (this function, and that of constructing a second such tunnel were transferred by St 1958, c 598 and c 599 to the 17 Massachusetts Turnpike Authority); from the Mystic River Bridge Authority (to be dissolved), the Mystic River (now Tobin) Bridge (transferred to Dept. of Transportation per St 2009, c 25, s 147); from the Commonwealth, commercial facilities at the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport and Lawrence G. Hanscom Field (State Airport Management Board to be dissolved); from the Port of Boston Commission (to be dissolved), the lands and piers acquired and leased by the Commonwealth in the Port of Boston. The authority's powers include acquisition of real property by purchase or eminent domain, issuance of revenue bonds, and collection of tolls. The authority is designated a body politic and corporate and a public instrumentality, placed in but not subject to general jurisdiction of the Dept. of Public Works (Massachusetts Highway Department from 1992). It became operational in Feb. 1959. St 1969, c 704, s 3 placed it within the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction. Its functions are currently described in MGLA c 91 App s 1-1 et seq. For an expanded agency history, see: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/collection-guides/FA_TC.pdf

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Description: St 1956, c 465 created the Massachusetts Port Authority (now commonly known as Massport), consisting of seven gubernatorial appointees serving staggered seven-year terms, to acquire through refinancing and to maintain and operate the following: from theCity of Boston, the Sumner Tunnel from Boston to East Boston (this function, and that of constructing a second such tunnel were transferred by St 1958, c 598 and c 599 to the 17 Massachusetts Turnpike Authority); from the Mystic River Bridge Authority (to bedissolved), the Mystic River (now Tobin) Bridge (transferred to Dept. of Transportation per St 2009, c 25, s 147); from the Commonwealth, commercial facilities at the General EdwardLawrence Logan International Airport and Lawrence G. Hanscom Field (State Airport Management Board to be dissolved); from the Port of Boston Commission (to be dissolved), the lands and piers acquired and leased by the Commonwealth in the Port of Boston.The authority's powers include acquisition of real property by purchase or eminent domain, issuance of revenue bonds, and collection of tolls. The authority is designated a body politic and corporate and a public instrumentality, placed in but not subject to general jurisdiction of the Dept. of Public Works (Massachusetts Highway Department from 1992). It became operational in Feb. 1959. St 1969, c 704, s 3 placed it within the Executive Officeof Transportation and Construction. Its functions are currently described in MGLA c 91 App s 1-1 et seq.For an expanded agency history, see: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/collection-guides/FA_TC.pdf

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Public hearing files, 1970-1986

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is the state agency responsible for operation and maintenance of commercial aviation, maritime, and certain bridge facilities in and around the Port of Boston. Public hearings are held as informal meetings with communities impacted or expected to be by Massport facilities, projects, and activities as a way to receive input from the citizens within those communities on matters related to the facilities, changes that have been proposed, and functions of Massport holdings. Public hearings are also used to record the proposals and decisions of Massport. Massport may initiate or participate in any hearings or investigations concerning the Port of Boston including Logan International Airport. Series consists of public hearing records concerning Logan International Airport and L.G. Hanscom Field. In two subseries: Subseries (1) Administrative public hearing files, 1970-1986: Files contain official hearing notices, testimonies, correspondence to municipal officials and newspapers, publishing notices, departmental memorandums, minutes of hearings, correspondence from citizens and business firms, maps and figures of proposed expansion plans, and newspaper clippings. Series is divided into public hearing volumes and client's papers volumes and arranged by subject. Topics include noise abatement, airport rules and regulations, impact on surrounding communities, and aircraft fees and daily minimum use charges. Subseries (2) Public hearing audio files, 1973: Files include reel-to-reel audiotapes of public hearings concerning the Master Plan for Logan International Airport. The recorded public hearings were held in Winthrop, East Boston, Revere, Chelsea, and South Boston. Hearings were held to discuss the preliminary master plan, the master plan draft for subcommittee, and the final plan before its presentation to the Massport Board of Directors. The majority of hearings were attended and led by Edward J. King, executive director, Thomas Callaghan, director of community relations and assistant executive director, and Richard Mooney, aviation director. Topics include noise curfew and abatement, runway expansions, aircraft regulations, and impacts, potential and predicted, on the affected communities.

1970-1986