The Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved another modification review for the Mansion House to repurpose two lots on Cromwell Lane in Vineyard Haven for parking. The project will use 10 and 12 Cromwell Lane, as well as 9 and 25 Main St., as Mansion House parking. The Cromwell Lane properties were formerly a mixed-use retail building […]
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We’ve been impressed by the careful and thoughtful approach of this coalition.
The effort is focused on state legislation that would allow for housing banks to be created and use a transfer fee, similar to the one that funds the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank. The coalition is working with communities such as Nantucket, with similar goals.
We like the transfer fee approach because it doesn’t create a battle over tax revenue. We also like that the housing bank is working with the Land Bank to limit the amount of administrative overhead to the housing bank.
Transit authority administrator Angie Gompert lauded the clean-energy benefits of an electric fleet.
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Among a series of speakers at the festive event, veteran VTA driver Andre Bonnell had the crowd laughing as he described the agency’s conversion from diesel to electric as going from the “Fred Flintstone-vintage to the George Jetson” era of transit.
The VTA now has 12 all-electric buses operating on Island and another four are scheduled for delivery in June, according to agency spokesman Colin Ouderkirk.
The project unveiled Friday at the agency’s A street, Edgartown facility adds solar canopy charging and an energy storage system, which officials hailed as a game-changer for the VTA.
A developer is looking for permission to open an inn in Edgartown in a proposal that will return the property to its roots. The proposal to turn the property at 222 Upper Main St. from rented rooms to an inn went before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday. The former Arbor Inn was being rented as […]
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Piazza voices Church Street chargers concern
Voters will decide on the fate of the project at annual town meeting.
The VTA charging station on Church Street saw more opposition from frequent critic Sara Piazza at a select board meeting Monday. Brian Dowd
Upper Main Street resident Sara Piazza gave a presentation to the Edgartown select board Monday to voice her opposition to the proposed inductive chargers at the Vineyard Transit Authority’s (VTA) Church Street bus stop.
“An inductive charging center on Church Street commits Church Street as a VTA hub for years to come, with no option to reroute as the town’s needs change,” Piazza said.