Local and Regional Transportation

• SRPEDD Regional Transportation Plan (Hilights)
• New Bedford Intermodal Study (SRPEDD)
• Southeastern Massachusetts Commuter Railway Extension
• Steamship Authority Expansion: New Bedford - Martha's Vineyard Route
  • New Beford tendered as hub for island cargo." - Standard Times (3/11/96)
  • Urban Harbors Insitute Study
• New Bedford Regional Airport Expansion
  • Study Advisory Committee

 
Foreign Trade Zone

 
Wastewater Treatment Facility

• Unofficial New Bedford Wastewater Treatment Plant Page

 
New Bedford Harbor Watershed Assessment Project

 
The Buzzards Bay Project | The Coalition for Buzzards Bay

 
Harbor Development Studies

Note: The following web sites from an MIT study are prototypes and contain preliminary results only! They are provided solely for illustrative purposes.

• New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor Study (MIT School of Archit. & Planning)
• New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor Study - Harbor and Channel Capacity - Lohse

• Harbor Cleanup
  • Project Description (EPA)
  • New Bedford Harbor Forum Membership
  • New Bedford Contamination Information
  • A Numerical Model Investigation of the Effects of Proposed Confined Disposal Facilities on the New Bedford Harbor - Lohse
  • Modelling Air Emissions from Contaminated Dredged Materials

  • EPA Press Release (Oct. 30, 1996) Includes notices of informal public meeting (11/6) and formal public hearing (11/20).

• Morse Building Site Cleanup
  • New England Brownfields

• Sullivan's Ledge Superfund Site
  • 3/27/97 - Citizen Group (CGEASL) files for Technical Assistance Grant. Separate grant filing intents due within next 30 days. Consolidated applications encouraged.

 
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

• National Park Service Page
• WHALE Press Release of Oct. 3, 1996
• S.608, C.599
• Special Resource Study - National Park Service
• Barrow, Alaska - Affiliated Area

 
New Bedford Oceanarium

 
Wampanoag Tribal Casino

• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
• Rep. Frank's Indian Gaming Page
• Federally Recognized Tribes

 
Textile Industry Initiatives

 
Buttonwood Park Restoration and Renewal

• Friends of Buttonwood Park
• Olmsted Master Plan and Drawing
• Frederick Law Olmsted Resource Page
• Zoo Renovation

 
New Bedford/Fairhaven Historic Fleet

• The Schooner Ernestina
  
• S.S. Nobska Restoration
  
• Reconstruction of the Whaler, the John Howland

 
WHALE (Waterfront Historic Area League) Development Plan

Brief and partial list of issues at a waterfront development and revitalization design charette held by WHALe.

 
City of New Bedford Community Development Programs

Grant Amounts for FY '97

• Comm. Devel. Block Grants - $3,763,000
  • Public Facilities Improvements
  • Clearance
  • Public Services
  • Economic Development
  • Planning and Administration
• Emergency Shelter Grants - $99,000
• Home Investment Partnership - $1,071,000

For further info, contact City of New Bedford Office of Community Development.

 
Open Space and Tree Planting Programs

• Buttonwood Park Tree Planting Program

 
Dark Sky Initiative

 
Youth Skateboard Park

 
Sister Cities

 
UMass/Dartmouth Laboratory for Marine Science, Environment and Technology

 
Educational Computer Initiatives

UMass Dartmouth Initiatives
• CyberEd
• SEEDWeb - Southeastern Educators Web
• SimCalc
• NB Public School Web Conferencing System
  An excellent resource for the discussion of education-related matters has been established by John Gomes, webmaster for the NB public school system.

• Greater New Bedford Community Computer Centers (GNBC3)
• Local Schools Online
• Congdon School City Fair '96
• Internet Day '97 (..in NB there wuz none!)