THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025 Page 3 A Bridge Over Troubled Waters An attorney representing a Lynn business near the site of the state’s bridge replacement project threatens to seek a judge’s order to stop the project over a marina building he alleges was damaged by the bridge work By Mark E. Vogler A Saugus attorney seeks to have the Lynn-Saugus Belden Bly Bridge project halted until an unsafe marina building that his client owns on the Saugus River has been stabilized by MassDOT. Peter E. Flynn, who represents the Pike family — owners of the building at 1147 Western Ave. in Lynn — blames the ongoing construction work by MassDOT’s contractor, SPS New England, Inc., with the building’s deterioration. The City of Lynn recently declared the building “uninhabitable.” Flynn has served lawyers at MassDOT, SPS New England and the Lynn City Solicitor with a motion he planned to fi le this week in Essex County Superior Court for a preliminary injunction “to pause construction pending stabilization of the plaintiff ’s building” while noting “it could be about to fall into the Saugus River.” Flynn’s motion claimed the reason for the building being declared “uninhabitable” by the city is “due to structural problems caused by the construction project for which the eminent domain takings were made on the property in 2018 and 2023.” “Such a collapse into the river impacts all parties, as the plaintiff s lose their building, an environmental disaster is caused to the public, and the Commonwealth’s bridge project is put on an indefi nite hold,” the motion claimed. The Pike Family requests that a Superior Court judge “issue an Order enjoining the defendant from performing any further construction in the vicinity of the property until SPS, at the Commonwealth’s cost, repairs the plaintiffs’ building to the extent that the City of Lynn Building Inspector deems it safe for habitation,” according to the 12-page document obtained by The Saugus Advocate. “Alternatively, should this Honorable Court not be inclined to stop the project altogether, the relief requested would be ordering SPS, at TROUBLED WATERS | SEE Page 8 Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lien * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net SABATINO/MASTROCOLA INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 Auto * Home * Boat * Renter * Condo * Life * Multi-Policy Discounts * Commercial 10% Discounts * Registry Service Also Available Sabatino Insurance is proud to welcome the loyal customers of ALWAYS READY TO SERVE YOU: Our Staff are, Emma Davidson, Jeimy Sanchez, Josephine Leone, Marie D’Amore, Rocco Longo, Z’andre Lopez, Anthony DiPierro, Darius Goudreau, Laurette Murphy, Danielle Goudreau and Tina Davidson. PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at: WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM
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