This EDA investment supports the city of newburyport with the repair and rehabilitation of existing bulkheads that are in an advanced state of failing deterioration and corrosion as well as protection…

The City of Newburyport, Massachusetts will receive a $2.2 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration to repair and rehabilitate deteriorating bulkheads along the Merrimack River waterfront. Funded through EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the project aims to protect critical tourism and commercial fishing industry infrastructure from sea level rise flooding and further economic disasters. The bulkheads structurally support the Central Waterfront Market Landing Park and boardwalk, which are essential components of Newburyport's tourism-based economy and the downtown businesses that depend on visitor traffic. Completing the bulkhead repairs and flood protection work by 2022 will help provide long-term economic recovery and resilience for local jobs and businesses.

This EDA investment supports the city of newburyport with the repair and rehabilitation of existing bulkheads that are in an advanced state of failing deterioration and corrosion as well as protection against sea level rise flooding of the city's tourism and commercial fishing industry in essex county, massachusetts. The central waterfront market landing park and peter j. Matthews memorial boardwalk are essential components of newburyport's tourism-based economy and are supported structurally by the bulkheads along the merrimack river. The jobs associated tourism industry including the downtown restaurants and retail businesses in newburyport, as well as local accommodations, museums, and visitor centers, are dependent upon the central waterfront park, boardwalk and boating facilities that are supported and protected by the bulkheads and essential to the attraction of a critical mass of visitors and tourists. The project will help provide long-term economic recovery that will retain and expand jobs and businesses for future generations and provide resilience to future economic disasters, which will further economic diversification throughout the region.