Boston’s redesign of Tenean Beach in Port Norfolk is part of a broader climate resilience plan that is flagging. Image: courtesy of BPDA
In 2020, Boston had big plans for Dorchester’s Neponset/Port Norfolk neighborhood. The area sits right on the Neponset River and regularly floods during storms. The city, however, planned to solve that problem by 2030 by planting green spaces, building a “living” shoreline, and creating paths for area residents.
That reimagined coastline was part of Climate Ready Boston, an ambitious initiative to increase Boston’s resilience to climate change. Between 2017 and 2022, Boston planned dozens of similar projects that included parks, streets, and other infrastructure in coastal neighborhoods. Running from Dorchester to South Boston, through Downtown and the North End, to Charlestown, and over to East Boston, these plans were…