Listen up, soccer fans!
On Tuesday, state legislators finalized a compromise on a long-awaited $4M state economic development bill. The bill would funnel hundreds of millions of dollars toward life sciences and climate technology industries. It could also help build a new New England Revs stadium on a waterfront park in Everett and Boston.
According to the Boston Globe, the bill will remove a main roadblock to the stadium project and allow for a zoning change which is preventing construction in a port area. This would allow a private developer to pay for the environmental cleanup of the land and the stadium’s construction.
The Kraft Group, who owns the Revs, have been searching for a spot in (or near) Boston and move the team out of Gillette Stadium. The group landed on a shuttered power plant across the Mystic River from Charlestown, and across the street from the Encore Boston Harbor casino.
One of Mayor Michelle Wu’s biggest concern about this spot is the traffic it could generate. The new language in the bill includes a provision requiring the Krafts to secure community impact agreements with Everett and Boston.
It’s expected that House leaders will call representatives back to the State House for a special formal session this week to approve this bill, for a roll call vote. It will then go to the senate for its approval.
You can read all the details here.
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
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