Monthly Archives: August 2015

Artist's rendering of the proposed Wynn resort casino in Everett.

Citing traffic concerns, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is calling upon state environmental officials to deny Wynn Resorts a key permit for its $1.7 billion casino project at the Everett waterfront. Healey said in a letter Friday to the state’s environmental affairs secretary that Wynn should not get the permit until a plan is in place to address traffic around Boston’s notoriously congested Sullivan Square area located not far from the waterfront site.

Healey urges accord on Sullivan Square before issuing casino permit

State Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday urged the state’s top environmental official to deny a crucial permit for the construction of a $1.7 billion casino in Everett, at least until the developer provides what she called “a long-term traffic solution” for the area. “If the casino is built without a a long-term plan in place,” Healey wrote, “We may never solve the traffic problem.”