Marinas, Housing Developers Fight Healey Stormwater Strategy
The regulatory biggest changes in decades seek to push projects away from the waterfront and could raise costs for inland housing construction.
Proposed State Stormwater Regulations Will Undermine Our Housing Goals
Rigid and in some cases overengineered solutions would not make projects more resilient, and instead could significantly cut the amount of housing we can produce.
Flooding Regs Generate Developers’ Concerns
Department of Environmental Protection officials did the right thing last week, bowing to a flurry of concerned letters by allowing significantly more time for stakeholders to review their sweeping update of stormwater, flooding and wetlands regulations.
Baker Urges Lawmakers To Move On Climate Projects
Available federal resources create an opportunity for Massachusetts to undertake “transformational” work on climate and environmental issues, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday
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.
Designers Seek Defenses for Extreme Heat and Flooding
The summer of 2021’s record-breaking heat and precipitation in Greater Boston is adding urgency to additional requirements for commercial buildings and development sites and designs that can withstand expected extreme weather in coming years.
East Boston Developers Rethink Resiliency Strategies
As it prepares to break ground on the first building of the Suffolk Downs redevelopment in late summer, Boston-based HYM Investment Group is taking a bigger-picture look at how future flooding and storm surges will affect its 161-acre site and surrounding vulnerable neighborhoods.
MassDEP Announces New Campaign to Combat Growing Stormwater Pollution Problem
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has partnered with the Statewide Stormwater Coalition to launch a stormwater awareness campaign to help Massachusetts cities and towns comply with new federal stormwater management requirements.
