Infrastructure Used to Raise ‘Significant Hurdles’ for Housing
Officials in some Boston suburbs are turning to water and sewer infrastructure in their quest to obey the letter, but not necessarily the spirit, of the MBTA Communities law.
The MWRA Doesn’t Have to Expand to Be a Key Tool for Housing Production
Tying land use regulations to local sewer and water infrastructure can be narrowly targeted, and won’t require spending up to $3 billion and won’t take 30 years to be implemented.
Turn on the Taps at Ex-Bases
Money for a sewer and water connection isn’t headline news – unless it means unlocking 6,000 long-anticipated housing units near a commuter rail station.
Long-Stalled 6K-Unit Development, Transfer Taxes Get Boost from Mariano
House Speaker Ron Mariano on Thursday voiced an openness to considering a local-option real estate transfer tax to boost the affordable housing supply and indicated he would use water and sewer infrastructure to unlock a long-stalled development site.
CLF Threatens Suit Over Industrial Properties’ Wastewater
Pledging to file a federal lawsuit if its calls for change are not met, the Conservation Law Foundation on Wednesday alleged that the Boston region’s water and sewer authority has repeatedly failed to enforce pre-treatment standards and allowed its users to pump water with excessive pollutants.
Sewer Overflows Return As Systems Are Overwhelmed by Ida
The remnants of Hurricane Ida brought heavy rain and unusually serious flooding to parts of Massachusetts Wednesday into Thursday, but the tropical system led to another much more common outcome, too – sewage being dumped into public waterways.
A Somerville Art Hub Will Improve Charles River Water Quality
Somerville is moving forward with a project that will create an artist and agricultural hub while simultaneously addressing an inadequate stormwater system which contributes to the Charles River sewer overflows.
