Just like commuters on nearby Interstate 93, the planned expansion of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett is being held up by traffic.
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs declined to approve the project’s environmental impact report last week. Instead, the state ordered the casino company to submit an updated version that includes “a comprehensive response” to public comments that EEA said “raise serious concerns about the level of parking proposed by the project, question the methodology used to estimate parking needs for the project change, and request further analysis and consultation to ensure that mitigation commitments are commensurate with the increase in impacts proposed.”
