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Winthrop's Flood Funding Fight: Zoning Dispute Drains Dollars

Winthrop's Flood Funding Fight: Zoning Dispute Drains Dollars

Update: 2025-09-12
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Winthrop loses $1.2 million in critical flood protection grants for refusing to comply with the MBTA Communities Act. Was it worth it? Find out how the town's resistance to multi-family housing zoning changes has put its most vulnerable neighborhoods at risk and sparked a heated debate, potentially shifting the financial burden onto taxpayers. With elections looming, can Winthrop salvage its relationship with the state and revive these vital projects, or is this just the beginning of a costly standoff?

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Winthrop's Flood Funding Fight: Zoning Dispute Drains Dollars

Winthrop's Flood Funding Fight: Zoning Dispute Drains Dollars