Letters have been delivered to Gov. Charlie Baker, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and State Sen. Joe Boncore opposing a proposal to build a fish pier and a parking lot on Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) land at Deer Island.
The letters come with over 300 signatures from a group called Concerned Citizens of Winthrop.
The 250-foot pier that was proposed back in 2015 comes under the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, and is slated to be funded through fishing licenses. CLE Engineering was awarded a contract from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Office and Boating Access for a ADA-compliant, public fishing pier at Deer Island.
The pier comes with a proposed parking lot with 40 spaces to be built on MWRA land.
The proposed pier is 210 feet long by 12 feet wide with a 60-feet long by 16-feet wide T-pier at the end, extending into Deer Island Flats which is part of Greater Boston Harbor.
The proposed entrance to the pier is located along the Judge A. David Mazzone Park Trail and will extend in a perpendicular fashion from shore approximately 226 feet. The project also includes a proposed parking lot with handicapped access to the existing walking path that leads to the fishing pier. The parking area has been designed in compliance with the Massachusetts DEP Stormwater Standards.
Residents at recent Precinct 3 meetings were concerned about traffic, security around the entire 60 acre site, trash and sketchy activities in the existing parking lot.
The petition claims that the projects implementation has been shoddy and secretive.
On a day-to-day basis, Deer Island traffic and visitors negatively affect Winthrop, and especially Point Shirley residents. The following list summarizes commentary collected from concerned citizens at a neighborhood meeting on May 16, 2018.
nesting birds;
most valuable and disappearing habitats in the state) are all reasons to be against this, but the fact that it has a negative impact for a town that is struggling with flooding and resilience issues seems like money poorly spent;
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