A plan to redesign the four-lane thoroughfare in Portland – a vestige of 1960s urban renewal – has been in the works for nearly two decades. It may finally be gaining momentum.
This complex and its 140 affordable units are too important to allow the termination or aggressive reinterpretation of the covenants that enable a wide range of people to live there.
The council is expected to deliberate and vote next week on the planning board's recommendation to repeal the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.