Read in the paper Jay Cashman is a bidder for the project. He has a lot of local clout, i wouldn't be surprised if he got it, and I don't think he'll have any marinas in mind, so don't get your hopes up.
Commenting on the power plant, which as some know, when finished I will be part of the operations staff,
(A) I would not be to thrilled having a marina, restaurant, hotel, ect, type of a venue right across the river - just more highbrow types to bitch about the GHASTLY power plant(s) - (don't forget about Braintree Power's Gen. plant) and the poop to fertilizer pellet plant, ect.
(B) As for the residents near the bridge, I regret to say, had they not bitched, they would have been run over rampant by four major projects going on at once, one by Sithe, now sold to Exelon, the bridge project, run by the state - (need I say anymore), the MWRA sewer tunnel project, the Algonquin Gas pipeline, coming from Nova Scotia, and the town upgrades to the water system, (FYI - the money for the Town H2O upgrade came from Sithe - 2 million $$.)
After spending over a year here at the power plant project, watching it being built along with these other projects, and also as a lifelong Weymouth resident, and having dealt with issues in my own section of Weymouth, I must empithize with these people. The power plant is behind for many reasons, the largest is the project has been poorly managed by Raytheon / Washington Group, who are the contractors, at the bottom of that list have been the community complaints. I could go into more detail, but should not.
The neighbors complaints, although "sometimes" unjustified, can certainly be understood, as this plant was supposed to be on line July 2002 !
I'll give you one example of what I mean - last night the 2am shift is letting out - some Yahoo has an Airhorn - you can figure out the rest - these houses are only a few hundred yards away ! Then the mass exodus of vehicles - loud mufflers, screeching tires, horns, 4 - 6 School busses, ect. - (surprisingly, we recieved no noise complaints through all this) Also, if it was Summertime, add 25 Harleys to the mix.
4 hours later, at 6am it starts all over again, with the incoming day shift.
Imagine what it would be like had they NOT complained.
Just a different point of view from someone on the inside - looking out !!
The beetle.
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