Senator Joan Lovely is in her fifth term as State Senator for the Second Essex District, comprised of Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem and Topsfield. Senator Lovely has been serving in the Massachusetts Senate since January 2013. After raising a family in Salem with her husband, Senator Lovely went back to school to earn degrees from Salem State University and the Massachusetts School of Law. She began her activism at the local level when she collaborated with neighbors and volunteers to rebuild a local playground for children and families in Salem.
To support the Commonwealth’s transportation infrastructure, the Legislature passed two bond bills to provide funding for improvements to roads and bridges, and our public transportation system. The Legislature’s annual Chapter 90 funding bill, which provides funding for municipalities to address their local transportation needs, authorized $350 million in funding, including $200 million for municipalities. At the end of July of 2022, the Legislature passed a bond bill authorizing $11.3 billion in spending for transportation and infrastructure projects, including $400 million for the MBTA to address ongoing safety concerns.