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Committee refers proposed Upper Cushnet River public rowing dock to full council after questions about outreach and site selection
Summary
The finance committee voted Wednesday to refer to the full City Council a Community Preservation Committee recommendation to fund a public rowing dock on the Upper Cushnet River at the Aravox site.
The finance committee voted Wednesday to refer to the full City Council a Community Preservation Committee recommendation to fund a public rowing dock on the Upper Cushnet River (Acushnet River) at the Aravox site.
Presenters from the Community Preservation Committee described two parallel efforts: creation of an Upper Acushnet rowing center and development of RiverWalk access points. Mary Raposa, working with the CPC, told the committee there were two public meetings — March 8, 2023, and March 28, 2024 — with “over 40 folks in attendance” and that an advisory committee of public members and city staff guided site selection and dock design.
Why it matters: the project would create a public, no‑fee launch site for kayaks, canoes, rowing shells and Azorean whaleboats and is intended to expand non‑motorized access to the…
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