1 of this year, as you know, Mayor Walsh made an announcement that we plan on reactivating the recovery campus on Long Island as a way of expanding the region’s continuum of care and addressing the opioid crisis that were all facing,” Osgood told the commissioners. It’s unclear how that could affect the bridge work, though much of the city’s plans involve floating materials to the site by boat.īoston’s Chief of Streets Chris Osgood led the city’s contingent at the meeting, backed by the engineering consultant and the environmental consultant heading the project. The project received swift approval from Boston’s conservation board in May.Īfter Boston’s Conservation Commission vote, Quincy’s City Council voted unanimously to bar construction vehicles from the bridge site in the Squantum section of the city. Though Long Island belongs to Boston, the other side of the bridge starts in Quincy, and approval is required from municipal boards on both sides. “Our engineers have raised a number of serious concerns,” Harris added, “all of which go away if Boston simply will tap the existing ferry capabilities which can easily be expanded to serve Long Island.”

Speakers raised a multitude of concerns over the plan to rehab the Long Island Bridge, ranging from the presence of lead in the water to the structural viability of the existing support structures to the impact on marine life. “Boston continues to undertake this project without explaining why it will not invest in the less expensive, more environmentally friendly alternative of ferry service,” Harris said, echoing the position of Quincy's mayor. Harris says Boston should scrap the bridge plans altogether. Quincy City Councilor William Harris, who represents the Squantum area where the Long Island bridge would connect with Quincy streets, was among more than a dozen people to denounce the plan in a nearly three-hour meeting - one of the first chances Quincy leaders got to square off against Boston in public. Facebook Email The remnants of Long Island Bridge looking toward Moon Island (Jesse Costa/WBUR)īoston officials Wednesday night sought approval by Quincy’s Conservation Commission of plans to invest $92 million to rehab the Long Island Bridge, but the commission punted on the decision pending further consideration.

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