City betting on Sullivan Square improvements

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http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2015/08/city_betting_on_sullivan_square_improvements



Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, above, will be meeting with Boston officials today to discuss the impact of the Everett casino. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said the city will point out deficiencies in Wynn Resorts plans.

City betting on Sullivan Square improvements
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Jack Encarnacao

Boston officials are putting aside their beef with Wynn Resorts and will attend a meeting today led by state transportation chief Stephanie Pollack to hammer out casino traffic improvements for Sullivan Square in Charlestown.

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“The city of Boston is sending representatives to (today’s) meeting to explain the city’s plans for Sullivan Square and Rutherford Avenue as well as to point out the deficiencies in the proponent’s suggestions for those areas in their plans to build a casino,” Oggeri said in a statement yesterday.

Boston has argued Wynn’s plan to put $35 million over 10 years into Sullivan Square would conflict with its pre-existing, $100 million long-term fix for the area, which did not consider casino traffic. The city has griped it was not included in selecting Wynn’s traffic modeling method, and that his plan would include turn lanes that would snarl traffic coming from an Interstate 93 off ramp.

At the June 1 meeting, Pollack “made a brief statement noting that Sullivan Square/Rutherford Avenue has been a problem for a long time and improvements are made more urgent by the” casino, according to a Wynn filing.