As indicated in the ENF, Healthpeak is seeking approval for the
redevelopment of an approximately 45.7 acre site in West Cambridge, in
close proximity to Arlington and Belmont. The current plans call for
the development of approximately 4.58 million square feet of gross
floor area of residential, office, laboratory, retail and structured
parking. Unsurprisingly, a development of this magnitude will create
significant new levels of wastewater. Indeed, per the ENF, the
proposed activities at the project site will increase the volume of
wastewater from 47,499 gallons per day to 761,522 gallons per day, an
increase of 714,023 daily gallons of wastewater. Without adequate
improvements to the wastewater infrastructure, this will overwhelm an
already severely compromised area septic system. For decades, the
discharge and flooding of sewage from CSOs have had serious negative
impacts on Arlington. According to the MWRA, 200 million or more
gallons of combined sewage was discharged into the Mystic River and
Alewife Brook in 2023 during nearly 100 distinct CSO discharges. When
the Alewife Brook overflows, untreated CSO sewer discharges have at
times, flooded parks, yards and houses of residents in the surrounding
area. The sewage discharges have also flooded area streets, leaving
pedestrians to traverse hazardous conditions. As data continues to
come in for CSO discharges in calendar years 2024 and 2025, it is
evident that the problem is increasing as adverse weather related
events continue to become more frequent.
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arlington has a new windmill to tilt at don quixote style
the mbta garage is being rebuilt - they should put a big fire station
in there on the street level - probably with an ambulance and a police
station also - the whole area is tremendously underserved - except
that Pro Amb has their hq nearby - but they might be out of business
next week - you never know with them private ambulance companies
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