Boston Secures $2.2 Million Federal Grant to Begin Moakley Park Climate Resilience Design

Uncategorized · Meeting of July 20, 2026

Boston announces $2.2 million in federal funding to launch climate resilience design at Moakley Park. Mayor Michelle Wu joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Congressman Stephen Lynch at the South Boston waterfront Monday to announce the investment, which includes roughly $1.65 million in congressionally directed spending, for the Resilient Moakley Park Connectors Project — described as the first Boston climate resilience effort designed through city-state collaboration from the outset.

Officials warned that a 40-inch storm surge at the park's critical breach point would affect more than 35,000 people and could eventually push flooding into Roxbury, threatening the approximately $750 million in federal, state, and city investment in the adjacent Mary Ellen McCormick and Ann Lynch at Old Colony public housing developments. Carol Sullivan, executive director of the Mary Ellen McCormick Tenant Task Force and a tenant of the development, described firsthand flooding that forced residents to plug drains and sinks for weeks. The city is seeking additional funding for a full build-out that officials estimated at $250 million.

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Source: the Uncategorized meeting of July 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.