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Council committee hears plan to spend $2.6 million gaming mitigation grant on Harborwalk, public safety and traffic improvements
Summary
The Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee reviewed Doc. 1927, a Message and Order to accept and spend $2,607,000 in a Massachusetts Gaming Commission community mitigation grant; presenters described roughly $1,000,000 for a Harborwalk extension in Charlestown, $622,000 for public safety programs, and proposed intersection and trash-collection investments.
The Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee on Nov. 24 reviewed Document 1927, a message and order authorizing the City to accept and spend $2,607,000 in a community mitigation grant awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and to be administered by the Office of Budget Management.
Committee Chair Councilor Brian Morel opened the hearing and introduced administration presenters, who described how the funds would be distributed across recreation, public safety and transportation projects. "We will receive some of the funding to fund the Harborwalk extension project in the Little Mystic Channel, about 1,000,000 of it," Planning Department real estate and capital construction representative Gigi Munden said, describing a missing Harborwalk segment near Terminal and Chelsea Streets in Charlestown.
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