Boston has cleared a major regulatory hurdle to rebuilding the Long Island bridge, which would reconnect the mainland with a recovery campus on the island.
City leaders in Boston say they're a step closer to rebuilding the bridge to Long Island in Boston Harbor where they hope to once again offer services for those struggling with homelessness, addiction and mental health issues.
Rebuilding the bridge requires two more permits: a consistency review by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and a bridge permit from the U.S. Coast Guard. Wu expects the permitting process to be completed by the end of this year and said the bridge could re-open in four years. "We believe that we can and will do better," Ojikutu said."The new Long Island campus will be a hub for innovation and will provide an integrated continuum of care that I believe and I think we all believe, will strengthen our system to promote the health and well being of the people who inhabit the campus."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rebuild a recovery campus that we sorely need, and we have sorely missed," said Lyndia Downey, president and executive director of the Pine Street Inn, one of the city's main agencies to address homelessness. Boston officials don't expect an appeal to from Quincy to derail their plans. They say they'll move forward with preliminary work, which includes shoring up the old bridge's piers and building pieces of the bridge on the mainland to install later.
Osgood said the city earmarked $81 million in its budget for the bridge and another $38 million to rehabilitate the existing buildings on the island. He said the city is also working with other agencies and philanthropies for more funding, but the full cost of the project is still unclear.in the area of"Mass and Cass." Hundreds of people are now living in a tent encampment that Mayor Wu cleared a year-and-a-half ago.
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