QIUNCY, Mass. — Quincy’s mayor has been given a $250,000 check to fight the reconstruction of the old Long Island Bridge.
Mayor Thomas Koch was granted the funds by the city council Monday night to aid in his bid to shut down Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's plan to build a new bridge on the 75-year-old piers from the old Long Island Bridge.
The Bridge was declared structurally unsound and demolished a few years ago, leading the city to shutter a major drug treatment facility on the island.
Walsh has been under pressure to reopen the social services center to help fight the opioid epidemic, but Mayor Koch contends that facility could be reopened with ferry service to and from the island.
Quincy residents say the bridge will put an unfair burden on the city’s already crowded streets. The only road that connects to the bridge goes through Quincy.
Mayor Walsh’s $92 million project would rebuild the 3,400-foot bridge, which was built in 1951 and demolished in early 2015.
The $250,000 appropriation gives Quincy's mayor needed money to consult permitting experts and pay attorneys to fight Walsh's plans.
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