Alford Street Harborwalk & Flood Resilience

The Alford Street Harborwalk & Flood Resilience project connects the existing Harborwalk at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett to a proposed underpass at Alford Street / Route 99 in Charlestown. It is also part of a long-term strategy to mitigate coastal flooding risks from sea level rise and storm surge in the Mystic River watershed by integrating flood control infrastructure with the proposed Harborwalk.

An initial community meeting for the conceptual design of the harborwalk was conducted on Thursday, June 26, 2025. For those who could not attend, we encourage you to review the below meeting presentation and recording:

• Meeting Presentation (PDF) - http://bit.ly/4l2l71U 

• Meeting Recording (Video) - http://bit.ly/4eoTwFP 

Please send along any questions or feedback you may have by replying to this email or reaching out to contact@mysticriver.org. Thank you for your continued support - the final conceptual plan for the harborwalk should become available later this summer.

PARTNERS

This project is a partnership between the Mystic River Watershed Association, City of Everett, City of Boston with jurisdictional support from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and Boston Water and Sewer Commission.

The consultant team includes Fort Point Associates/Tetra Tech (FPA/TT), Childs Engineering, Northeast Geotechnical, Feldman Geospatial, Vertex Companies, Woods Hole Group, and Shadley Associates.

Generous funding for the project to-date has been made possible by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.