With plans for a substance abuse treatment center on Boston Harbor’s Long Island still years from becoming a reality, city leaders are expected to announce more immediate efforts to ease the ongoing crisis at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Police Commissioner Michael Cox, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden and several others…
With plans for a substance abuse treatment center on Boston Harbor's Long Island still years from becoming a reality,
city leaders are expected to announce more immediate efforts to ease the ongoing crisis at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Police Commissioner Michael Cox, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden and several others will hold a 10 a.m. news conference to discuss the city's response to the"substance use disorder, mental health, and unsheltered homelessness crises centered" at Mass. and Cass.
Wu hopes to have a 3,300-foot bridge to Long Island reopened within four years, and then begin offering services on the island as soon as the bridge is done. There are still two final reviews facing the bridge project, but Wu said that the city has already set aside $38 million to rehabilitate the existing buildings on the island and an additional $81 million for rebuilding the bridge.
The bridge was closed in 2014 over safety concerns, resulting in the closure of the treatment center on the island.Sue Sullivan, the executive director of the Newmarket Business Improvement District, which works to improve the quality of life in the area, said recently that it's become a more violent crowd, with gangs and guns taking over the problematic streets.You can watch a livestream of Friday's news conference on this story at 10 a.m.
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