November 25, 2020 Last week State Representative Bill Driscoll Jr. joined the Milton Select Board and others in submitting comments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding the Environmental Assessment (EA) for a Runway 4-Left at Boston Logan International Airport. Earlier in the process Rep. Driscoll asked the FAA for clarifications for the proposed new approach but did not receive answers. Ultimately the FAA’s proposed 4L RNAV procedure will result in more planes and pollution over Milton, and Rep. Driscoll, joined by the Town Select Board, Congressman Stephen Lynch, State Senator Walter Timility, and Boston City Councilors Andrea Campbell and Ricardo Arroyo, requested that t
November 18, 2020 A statement from State Representative Driscoll of Milton: "I am deeply saddened to learn that a bicyclist was struck and killed on Blue Hills Parkway in Milton yesterday. My heart goes out to all those who knew her. Although we still don't have full details, it is clear that safety on the Parkway must be improved. Earlier this year I filed an amendment to the Transportation Bond bill that seeks to add curbing to the Blue Hills Parkway and a dedicated, protected, shared use bike and pedestrian pathway. Following other tragedies in the recent past involving vehicles and pedestrians on the nearby Truman Parkway, DCR expedited the installation of signaled crossings, lane reconf
October 9, 2020 The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announced that the 2020 Blue Hills Deer Hunt program will take place on Mondays through Thursdays beginning on November 16 until December 3, 2020, with the exception of Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26, 2020. DCR has announced that this year's hunt will be archery only and that there will be no shotgun hunt this year. I want to thank the DCR for listening to concerns and removing guns from the controlled public hunt. While it is welcome news that this year will exclude the use of shotguns, it is disappointing that the hunt will continue in any form during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when the Blue Hills has been a p
