A series of Boston Planning and Development Agency meetings about the proposed renovation of White Stadium for a proposed National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team will continue online next Thursday at 6 p.m. – with construction proposed to begin, if permitted, in the second quarter of the year. On Wednesday of this week, an Impact Advisory Group (IAG) kicked off the official
The debate between residents around Franklin Park in Boston and young people on dirt bikes and ATVs is the latest in an age-old battle over who deserves space to have fun. We take listener calls with Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia, Jamaica Plain resident Dorothy Fennell and Boston scooter rider Yung Remy.
This segment aired on May 19, 2021.
May 3, 2021
A city councilor and the Franklin Park Coalition will host a virtual community meeting Tuesday night to discuss inappropriate use of dirt bikes and ATVs in the large Boston park.
Councilor Matt O’Malley, who will attend the meeting with other elected officials, told The Boston Herald that loud late-night partying and driving are a “quality of life issue and an obvious public safety issue.” He said that noise complaints ebb and flow but that problems with dirt bikers and ATVs have been “particularly bad lately.”
“We need to make sure we’re striking the right balance where we make sure people can enjoy the park and enjoy it well while recognizing that people live very close by,” O’Malley told the Herald.