To the Editor: The SSA has once again shown it is only concerned about itself. In a constructive step, the SSA has agreed to allow a company to barge freight to Nantucket. However, this authorization is only for a limited duration, and comes with major restrictions on the number of runs and cargo that can […]
The Steamship Authority held a public engagement session for its Woods Hole terminal project Thursday and after a detailed presentation on landscaping, LEED certification (environmental standards), and how the construction would be phased, the engaged public expressed frustration. The size and scope of the terminal building designed by BIA.studio and the traffic generated by the […]
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Time for SSA to listen to public input
To the Editor:
The Southern Massachusetts Area Regional Transportation group, SMART, comprises people from Woods Hole, Falmouth, the Vineyard, Cape Cod, and elsewhere, concerned about safe, responsible, and reasonable transportation, protecting the environment, and maintaining the aesthetics of the Cape and Islands. It is not opposed to development, only excessive development, which stresses the land, its people, its resources, and the pleasure of being on the Cape and Islands.
SMART is working to encourage the Woods Hole, Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamship Authority, SSA, to consider community input into the reconstruction of its Woods Hole land and sea facilities and related issues. However, the SSA constantly refuses to act constructively. Although rational ideas are presented, even the simplest proposals are ignored without any explanation or merely, “It is not possible.”