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Baycrest residents urge planning commission to reject monolithic 430 Main design over air and light concerns
Summary
Baycrest homeowners and health advocates told the Planning Commission that Tidewater’s proposed 430 Main building would create a ‘wall’ blocking courtyard airflow, raise PM2.5 and other pollutant levels, and harm vulnerable residents; they urged a two‑tower alternative and better construction and dispersion analysis.
Dozens of residents of Baycrest and members of the Committee for Healthy Housing urged the Planning Commission on April 19 to require stronger air‑quality and design studies for Tidewater’s proposed 430 Main Street development.
Speakers cited technical reviews (a Ramble report and a Trinity Consultants review dated Jan. 19, 2018) and argued the project’s massing would create a wall that traps traffic pollution from the Bay…
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