The bill, which was favorably reported out of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural
Resources and Agriculture today, contains $20 million to
improve water
quality and $40 million for capital projects on the metropolitan
region’s public
beaches from Nahant to Nantasket. These funds will support investments
which will protect the environment and improve the quality of life for
residents of the region's coastal communities.
Save the Harbor would like to thank the Metropolitan Beaches Commission
and our many friends and allies in the Massachusetts Legislature for their
commitment to continued public investment to restore and protect Boston Harbor and these remarkable
coastal resources.
We also want to take a moment to thank our many friends and
supporters in the region’s waterfront neighborhoods and beachfront communities
for their steadfast support.
We recognize that it is early in the process, but we are encouraged
by the support that these items have received.
Here are the relevant sections of the bill.
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3332
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
_______________
An Act providing for the preservation and improvement of land, parks,
and clean energy in the Commonwealth
and clean energy in the Commonwealth
2000-7064 For the development and support of local efforts to
improve water quality on the metropolitan region’s public beaches owned by the
commonwealth under the care, custody and control of the department of
conservation and recreation, including, but not limited to, convening the
public to enhance awareness of and participation in planning, regulatory, and
permitting decisions; site specific research and analysis; feasibility and
other assessments; plans for water, sewer, storm water, and other
infrastructure investments; site specific plans, including, construction
documents and architectural blueprints, the development of municipal storm
water management plans, the design, construction, restoration, enhancement,
reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of storm water and sewage system
infrastructure; and for outreach, communications, education, and planning to
improve water quality in communities that include, but are not limited to,
Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy
and Hull ................$20,000,000
2000-7065. For the design, construction, restoration,
enhancement, reconstruction, rehabilitation, replacement or removal of
infrastructure on the metropolitan region’s public beaches owned by the
commonwealth and under the care, custody and control of the department of
conservation and recreation, including, but not limited to buildings, roads,
trails and paths; provided, that costs payable from this item may include, but
not be limited to, the costs of engineering, restoration, construction and
other technical assistance services essential to these projects rendered by the
department of conservation and recreation, maintenance employees or by
consultants. Projects shall include, but are not limited to, those recommended
by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission ……$40,000,0000
No comments:
Post a Comment