Boston Harbor Flood Protection Projects

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Boston needs a plan to pay for flood protection - The Boston Globe

Boston can look to other cities to learn how they developed investment strategies.

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The city knows what it needs to pay for because it is a national leader in resilience planning. Thanks to the 2016 Climate Ready Boston report and subsequent neighborhood-level plans, Boston has comprehensive plans for the entire waterfront and an active set of near-term projects in the most urgent areas. These include installing a berm at Ryan Playground to protect Charlestown and creating short- and long-term strategies for Long Wharf, one of the city’s most vulnerable flood pathways.
The city owns 16 percent of the waterfront; 50 percent is owned by the state, and 30 percent is owned by the private sector, making collaboration across ownerships key to get us to scale. So far, primarily city-owned parks and new private development along Fort Point Channel have been built.
In the private sector, lenders increasingly are asking real estate developers not only how they are incorporating flood protection into their development projects but also how their neighbors have done so and what the impact of neighborhood flood planning will be on their developments.
The city of Boston’s setting aside $75 million for resilience capital investments is a critical first step on funding, and the Healey administration’s Mass Ready Act is a statewide bill that includes a “Resilience Revolving Fund” of low- or no-cost loans to municipalities and expanded authorization of funding for the state’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program.

 

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“The dream: a public amphitheater, right by the water. There, 1,000 people could enjoy free public performances by big and small cultural organizations from all over, including Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Urbanity Dance, and Circus Up, among many others.

It would be a place where anybody who wants to could put on a show. The amphitheater would include lighting and power on site, which would make performing cheaper and simpler.

The proposal comes after years of public discussions and planning between the city and Related Beal, the company developing the site, and a huge consortium of arts groups who have joined forces to push for something ambitious there.

“Everyone came together to say, ‘Hey, we can do something bigger and better together, to benefit not just us, but this region, for generations,’” said Bradley Vernatter, CEO of Boston Lyric Opera. “You can see how this creates ... an opportunity, and a hope and joy, that is much bigger than any of us can do on our own.”

The design also includes a proper dock, a place to launch canoes, dragon boats, and artwork into the water easily, part of a wider plan to bring the entire Fort Point Channel to life……”

To bring more public art to Fort Point, residents and developers are working together — yes, together - The Boston Globe

The plan for a new "Boston Common on the water" is taking a rare kind of collaboration.

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A proposed waterfront amphitheater gets one step closer to reality

A waterfront amphitheater in Fort Point is poised for state approval — but only after pressure from the Boston arts community prompted last-minute changes to the design in two recent public meetings.

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