The towers will be built along Harding Street off the Lynnway in order to free up 100-acres between the Lynnway and the waterfront for eventual development.
The current waterfront plan calls for relocating existing power lines to the Lynnway’s southbound side, opposite the current location. The relocated lines would cross back over the Lynnway near Lynnway Liquors and Sonny’s Car Wash.
The takings involve Algeni’s property and other land in the vicinity of where the lines will cross over the Lynnway.
Algeni filed a Superior Court complaint claiming EDIC did not compensate him fairly for a 2,539 square-foot section of his property. The complaint also claims the taking devalues the remainder of Algeni’s property. He is asking the court to award him damage compensation money and attorney’s costs.
“The plaintiff is entitled to compensation for all damages occasioned by the public improvement,” Algeni’s complaints stated.
Although Algeni is challenging the city land takings, local officials including state Rep. Steven Walsh last December said major landowners who are also losing land are working closely with the city on the power line relocation process.
State utility officials last October gave National Grid and the city permission to relocate power lines along the Lynnway long viewed as obstacles to waterfront development. The state issued required permits for the relocation in December, opening the way for potential development totaling six million square feet along the water.
EDIC Director James Cowdell in December said the city takings are limited to space for the transmission towers and buffer zones on the sides of each tower to provide room for maintenance crews to maneuver. |
