THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY JULY 21, 2022
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Community Feedback Continues to Drive Moakley Park Project
O
ver 50 people logged on to the Moakley Park Community Engagement meeting Wednesday night to hear an update on Phase 1, give feedback, and ask questions. “We’ve been working on this for so long and I just really appreciate you showing up and making your voices heard and making sure that we’re thinking about all the things that are important to you,” said Allison Perlman of Boston Parks and Recreation and project manager for the Moakley Park project. “It has been a long process but it’s important to get it right. Thank you for your participation and your support.” The position of Moakley Park within the neighborhood and in proximity to the harbor makes it ideal for flood protection, said landscape architect Cheri Ruane of Weston & Sampson. The Moakley f lood barrier will help protect
much of South Boston behind it. “There are many layers to this design and it’s not only functioning as an amazing multi-use, multi-generational park, but also flood protection and stormwater management,” said Ruane, who noted the robust tree plantings will help mitigate heat island effect. Added Perlman: “We believe this park can continue to provide recreation and reconnect the community to each other and the waterfront and protect our neighborhoods from flooding and heat.” The reason the Babe Ruth Park Drive end of the park was chosen for Phase 1 is because this section has the most vulnerable flood pathway and the design can install mitigating measures early in the process. From multiple community engagement activities at the park, many of which were organized by Boston Harbor Now, the park planners learned a lot from “you, the experts of your
own neighborhood,” Perlman said. “This really speaks to the importance of partnership and expanding our ability to involve more residents in the community process and shaping open space and waterfront design.” Ruane pointed out the vast diversity of spaces that will be included in Phase 1, including small intimate seating areas, big open fields, winding paths through the coastal landscape, plazas for community gatherings and barbecues, public bathrooms, and an operations and maintenance building. “And I think another thing that this first phase does is really starts to connect across the park,” Ruane said. “We were starting to hear a lot through the community process that it’s hard to navigate through the park and it takes up a big footprint. So in this case, you start to see pathways that are moving through from the neighborhoods
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