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Ten Reasons filling Blue Hills
Reservoir for MWRA tanks is a BIG mistake
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Largest net wetland loss statewide since
1990 or earlier
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Biggest construction project in historic
Blue Hills Reservation since 1960's
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Spoils longest water view from any road
in park
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No mitigation for wetland impacts
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Complete lack of public support
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Destroys largest body of clean open water
in Quincy
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Invades scenic heart of Reservation preserved
since 1893
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Forces ratepayers to subsidize private
development
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At $30 million, called "costly and redundant"
by longest-serving MWRA Board member John Carroll
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Public safety benefit marginal. Better
alternatives available
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