COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

By His Excellency

FRANCIS W. SARGENT
Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 72

    WHEREAS, the Governor's Advisory Council on Transpor-
tation was formed and has provided valuable assistance in the
development of a system of efficient, modern transportation; and

    WHEREAS, it is necessary that any modern transportation
system be balanced as well as efficient, and that it provide
the proper integration between the various transportation
modes; and

    WHEREAS, the construction of any transportation facility
must be carried out in such a way as to further area and regional
environmental objectives and avoid abuse of vital envrionmental
resources; and 

    WHEREAS, the addition of new memers to the said
Advisory Council will facilitate the achievement of the afore-
stated objectives;

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, Francis W. Sargent, Governor of the
Commonwealth, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
supreme executive magistrate, do hereby order that Executive
Order No. 57 be hereby amended as follows:

    1.  By deleting paragraph one and inserting in its
place the following:--

    1.  There is hereby created a council to be known as
the Governor's Advisory Council on Transportation consisting of
representatives of the City of Boston, the Massachusetts Aero-
nautics commission, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,
the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Turnpike 
Authority, the Metropolitan District Commission, the Department
of Community Affairs, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council,
the Department of Commerce and Development, the Massachusetts
Department of Public Works, the Massachusetts Department of
Public Utilities, the Executive Office for Administration and
Finance, including such representatives as the Governor may
designate to represent the Executive Office.  Private representa-
tives of all transportation modes may also be invited to partici-
pate in the deliberation of the Council as non-members.

Given at the Executive Chamber in
Boston this thirteenth day of May
in the year of Our Lord one thou-
sand nine hundred and seventy and
of the Inependence of the United
States of America, one hundred and
ninety fourth.

FRANCIS W. SARGENT
Acting Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

JOHN F. X. DAVOREN
Secretary of the Commonwealth

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS