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Wynn halts casino site work as Somerville contests permit

Wynn halts casino site work as Somerville contests permit

SOMERVILLE – The $1.7 billion casino development in Everett has stalled, and leaders of the Wynn Resorts project blame Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who is challenging a permit to clean up the contaminated 33-acre Mystic River waterfront site. The $30 million remediation of the acreage which formerly held a Monsanto chemical plant, began in October. Wynn officials say that the project was progressing until the Somerville appealed the permit for the site work. The action blocked further wor

SOMERVILLE – The $1.7 billion casino development in Everett has stalled, and leaders of the Wynn Resorts project blame Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who is challenging a permit to clean up the contaminated 33-acre Mystic River waterfront site. The $30 million remediation of the acreage which formerly held a Monsanto chemical plant, began in October. Wynn officials say that the project was progressing until the Somerville appealed the permit for the site work. The action blocked further wor…