“After three years and one of the most thorough licensing and environmental review processes in the history of Massachusetts, Wynn Boston Harbor has its license in hand and will begin construction. Hiring and building starts tomorrow (Thursday),” says DeSalvio.

The 3-million square foot casino resort will include more than 600 hotel rooms. The Wynn Boston Harbor, which has been described as the largest single-phase construction project in the history of the Commonwealth, will generate 4,000 union jobs and 10 million labor hours. Some of the project benefits include an estimated $265 million in traffic mitigation and approximately $660 million in direct annual expenditures from Wynn ($242 million in annual taxes and fees, $170 million in payroll and $249 million in goods and services to operate and maintain the resort).

Are the City of Somerville's issues with the environmental review of the Wynn Boston Harbor resort project over? Well, a statement released by the city leaves open the door for possible future legal action.

In a statement released to Globest.com, the city states: “The City of Somerville does not intend to seek reconsideration of the State DEP Commissioner's final decision in this matter. Somerville is however continuing to evaluate the decision and whether to pursue judicial review.”

EVERETT, MA—After officially receiving its Chapter 91 license, Wynn Resorts says it will now bring work crews back and fire up construction cranes on its $2.1-billion Boston Harbor casino resort here.

The Las-Vegas based firm reports that it officially received the Chapter 91 license from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday. Site clearing work as well as hiring for construction of the resort were halted in February when City of Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone filed an appeal of the Chapter 91 award. Wynn's remediation of the former Monsanto chemical plant site started in October 2015 and was moving forward on schedule when the order to stop work was given almost six months ago.

Wynn Resorts officials, including Robert DeSalvio, president of Wynn Boston Harbor, will be joined by Carlo DeMaria, Mayor of Everett and others at a press event today at the 33-acre project site along the Mystic River today. The press conference, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., is to officially commence construction of Wynn Boston Harbor, formerly known as Wynn Everett. More than 15 cranes have been moved to the site and more than 500 union workers are expected to be working daily on the 33-acre development soon after full construction starts, Wynn Resorts states.

The latest license award comes after a June 2nd hearing where the City of Somerville appealed the DEP's earlier award of a Chapter 91 license to Wynn. On July 15^th, DEP hearing officer Jane Rothchild issued a 50-page decision on July 15th that stated the City of Somerville “failed to prove” that the DEP erred in its original license award.

“After three years and one of the most thorough licensing and environmental review processes in the history of Massachusetts, Wynn Boston Harbor has its license in hand and will begin construction. Hiring and building starts tomorrow (Thursday),” says DeSalvio.

The 3-million square foot casino resort will include more than 600 hotel rooms. The Wynn Boston Harbor, which has been described as the largest single-phase construction project in the history of the Commonwealth, will generate 4,000 union jobs and 10 million labor hours. Some of the project benefits include an estimated $265 million in traffic mitigation and approximately $660 million in direct annual expenditures from Wynn ($242 million in annual taxes and fees, $170 million in payroll and $249 million in goods and services to operate and maintain the resort).

Are the City of Somerville's issues with the environmental review of the Wynn Boston Harbor resort project over? Well, a statement released by the city leaves open the door for possible future legal action.

In a statement released to Globest.com, the city states: “The City of Somerville does not intend to seek reconsideration of the State DEP Commissioner's final decision in this matter. Somerville is however continuing to evaluate the decision and whether to pursue judicial review.”