Restoration of Landside Facilities

Swimming conditions at Boston Harbor beaches are better than they've been in decades. With improved water quality and upgrades to aging beach facilities, people are sunbathing, swimming, fishing and walking Boston Harbor's sandy beaches.

In 1994, Governor William F. Weld and Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced a $30.5 million program to restore landside facilities at Boston Harbor's beaches. Since that time, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Boston, Quincy, Winthrop and The Boston Harbor Association have been working together to restore Boston Harbor beaches to their former glory.

During the next several years, all of Boston Harbor's beaches will benefit from landscaping improvements, and new facilities such as bathhouses, benches, walkways and park areas. Projects completed to date include:

• 27,000 tons of new sand at Pleasure Bay Beach in South Boston and Wollaston Beach in Quincy

• 35,000 tons of new sand at Constitution Beach in East Boston, and Carson Beach in South Boston

• Restoration of the Carson Beach Bathhouse in South Boston

• Restoration of Mother's Rest Pavilion and Marine Park Bandstand in South Boston

• New Fishing Pier in South Boston

• Seawall repairs at Winthrop Beach

• Plantings, benches, colorful beach banners and other minor improvements at several other beaches

• Completion of new pedestrian overpass, tot-lot, handball courts, landscaping, parking, and shade shelters at Constitution Beach, East Boston.

• Completion of pedestrian walkways, landscaping, and seawall repairs at South Boston beaches.
   

The Boston Harbor Association   -   374 Congress Street, Suite 307   -   Boston, MA 02210   -   617-482-1722 (P)   -   617-482-9750 (F)   -   mail@tbha.org