A flooded-out Morrissey Boulevard as seen in 2020. Katie Trojano photo
A long-stalled plan to modernize Morrissey Boulevard will get revived this spring as state and city officials combine forces to fund a $1 million engineering study over the next year aimed at advancing the project as a stream of massive new development projects loom on the not-so-distant horizon.
In addition, the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation plans to spend an additional sum this year to install new underground gate equipment along the vulnerable coastal roadway between UMass and Freeport Street. The work will also include improvements to sidewalks and fencing along the beachfront stretch of the boulevard.