Summary & Goals
The Project builds off of the climate vulnerability analysis and resilient strategies developed through Climate Ready Boston Coastal Resilient Solutions for Dorchester (2020) to analyze site conditions and develop implementable design options to protect the Dorchester waterfront and community from future sea level rise and coastal storm events. The Climate Ready Dorchester initiative provided a technical analysis of the timing and location of current and future flood events, and developed conceptual designs for resilience informed by Dorchester stakeholders and residents. The Project is further analyzing existing site conditions and advancing design solutions to address a near-term critical flood entry point at Tenean Beach via Conley Street under the I-93 expressway.
Project Phase
Conceptual Design
Government Partners
*Project management partner
**CZM funded the conceptual design phase through their Climate Resilience Grant program FY23
***DCR is the landowner of Tenean Beach
Consultant Team for Current Phase
SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC (lead), Tetra Tech, Woods Hole Group, Dawood
Community Engagement
Past Engagement
Community Workshop #2 | Wednesday, May 24, 2023
This virtual workshop focused on reviewing the conceptual design options for Tenean Beach/Conley Street in development that have been informed by both community and other stakeholder feedback. This was a follow-up to a workshop held on March 30, 2023.
Recording | Presentation - English | Presentation - Haitian Creole | Presentation - Spanish | Presentation - Vietnamese
Community Workshop #1 | Thursday, March 30, 2023
This virtual workshop focused on reintroducing the community to Climate Ready Dorchester as well as providing basic information of conceptual locations for flood resilient strategies at Tenean Beach / Conley Street in order to manage current and future community flooding.
Recording | Presentation - English | Presentation - Haitian Creole | Presentation - Spanish | Presentation - Vietnamese
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