Overview
- Boston Sand & Gravel filed suit in Suffolk Superior Court seeking to stop or redesign the BPDA‑approved Austin Street Lots plan and pressed for a pedestrian footbridge over its maintenance road.
- The redevelopment would replace about 5 acres of city parking near Bunker Hill Community College with up to 705 apartments, public open space, and community uses.
- Building B, a 123‑unit first phase that is fully affordable, would sit about 20 feet from the road used daily by hundreds of the company’s mixer and semi trucks.
- The company says its trucks weigh roughly 77,000 to 99,000 pounds and use the road under long‑standing easement rights, arguing that frequent crossings by residents would make severe crashes inevitable.
- City officials say the approval remains in place and safety will be refined in final plans with steps like raised curbs, wider crossings, and tactile warnings, while local Councilor Gabriela Coletta backs clearer separation to protect people walking and biking.