February 19, 2021 — Did the City of New Bedford breach a 99-year lease contract in the North Terminal expansion project? That’s what Nordic Fisheries and Marine Hydraulics are alleging. The two companies filed a lawsuit against the City of New Bedford on January 27.
The situation stems back to 2017, when the North Terminal expansion plans were first being discussed. By September 2019 Governor Charlie Baker announced the administration’s commitment of $24 million to dredge the New Bedford-Fairhaven Harbor. According to a press release, the funding would “enable the dredging of approximately 430,000 cubic yards of sediment from the harbor, deepening berths and access channels at more than 40 commercial marina and waterfront properties.”