Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has filed a lawsuit against the town of Milton in the wake of the town's voters rejecting a re-zoning scheme that would have increased density in the town.
It's the latest in a series of actions by state officials to turn up the heat on Milton for not complying with the state's MBTA Communities Act of 2021, which requires towns and cities served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to set aside at least one district "of reasonable size" that allows at least 15 residential units per acre and is within a half-mile of a subway station, bus station, commuter rail station, or ferry terminal. The statute affects 177 cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts.
