Some business owners along Centre Street in West Roxbury have reported significant reductions in sales following the redesign of the major roadway. The city says it's "too early draw conclusions."
Residents blasted the Healey administration for ignoring their input and essentially strong-arming them into accepting a new 80-bed overflow shelter in their ritzy Seaport neighborhood, where migrant families will start living within the next week.
The City Council plans to debate bringing congestion pricing to Boston, a policy long kicked around at the state level that would charge drivers higher fees with the aim of reducing traffic and funding transit improvements.
A South Boston lawmaker cautioned the state against using a Fort Point office building for a migrant overflow shelter, saying that squeezing families together in a space without proper bathroom facilities could lead to a “public health crisis.”
The governor’s office is looking for empty office space to house the influx of migrants overwhelming the state’s shelter system, as first seen in Boston’s Seaport, where residents were surprised by potential plans for a Fort Point office building.