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The city of Chelsea needs to make a public message about it's plans to fix the traffic situation on the Chelsea Eastern Ave bridge. I just missed my flight because of this damn bridge, and it's because I literally cannot get from Broadway to the Airport and am sitting here stuck in traffic for over 40 minutes. You guys are the WORST. 1A is a disaster and so is east Boston because of this bridge. Are the residents of Chelsea somehow subsized for dealing with this nightmare? NO. have complaints been filed over and over? YES. Has anyone in city Govt given 2 cents about this? NO. All this because of shipping petrol and gas to the tanks on Eastern Ave. I bet the revenue from this deal is really nice for the city... yet has no benefit for the residents. Disgusting.
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Tom Ambrosino (Registered User)
Alex (Registered User)
Owner-Occupant (Registered User)
Alex! Speaking the truth the City Manager and some of the Council Members have indeed been lame ducks and been bullied. The Org chart for Chelsea has the residents up top, then council members below them, and only after them is the City Manger listed. He is an employee of the people and does seem to forget this as he drives himself home to Nahant every day. He does not live with the issues of Chelsea residents.
He is also looking at re-zoning the entire upland marginal side which eastern salt has purchased as they work together to make it commercial and light industrial instead of leaving it residential.
I can't wait for the new blood on City Council, I have high hopes
Alex (Registered User)
Why would they re-zone Marginal all in favor of the salt pile company??? Lynn, Everett, Boston, etc.. are all revitizling their old industrial waterfronts for mixed use, the only reason I see for giving that company full reign down their is pure corruption at City Hall. We need more affordable housing, grocery stores, restaurants, and companies that actually employ large amounts of people, not vacant land.
If they do vote on re-zoning the waterfront for the salt pile company, obviously anyone voting on it must not have taken any campaign contributions from salt pile company, be a member of a group who takes donations from the salt pile company, or have personal relationships with the owners of the company. If they do have these things and vote on it, I recommend sending this to MA Ethics Committee immediately for potential corruptions charges for City Council members. It would be a pretty easy case.
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Sharlene (Registered User)
(1) The Chelsea Street Bridge is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and the McArdle Street Bridge is owned and operated by the City of Boston.
(2) There is a federal statute that stipulates that these bridges must open "at will."
(3) The seriously flawed 'advanced notification' program (@LogantoChelsea) is run by Massport, and pertains only to the Chelsea Street Bridge. The various state entities apparently aren't able to coordinate with the City of Boston to tie the McArdle Bridge into the notification system.
(4) The advanced notification program also pertains only to the very large ships entering and exiting the Chelsea Creek - their movements are scheduled in advance by a shipping agent. There are many other smaller vessels that traverse the Creek, and the bridges are required by federal statute to open whenever one of them wants to come through.
(5) Chelsea City Manager Ambrosino, At-Large Councilor/City Council President Damali Vidot, GreenRoots Chelsea, and a number of Chelsea residents have very actively and forcefully been pushing for a moratorium on bridge lifts during rush hours, and have actively and forcefully been pushing Massport, MassDOT, and the MBTA to advocate for this moratorium with the City of Chelsea and its residents. A moratorium *will* require a change to federal statute, which means we need our DC delegation on board, which means we need a whole constellation of people, entities and organizations working with everyone so negatively impacted by the bridge openings. I hope all of you will join in this effort.
Owner-Occupant (Registered User)
Mateo (Registered User)
The city/state can fight against the federal mandate as stated in the constitution and against maritime law.
These laws are hundred of years old and we need people in office w the ..... to stand up to the fed. It’s BS we have to live and except that ships can come when ever they want. Causing traffic for 30-45 min for the simple reason that they were there at that time. They can WAIT! Really, we live here. The oil and gas can wait till OUR rush hours our over and we need people in office to fight for us with out fear and backlash from the deep pockets of the oil and gas industry. Period!
SawandiCassell (Registered User)