A Dorchester soccer stadium would require traffic fixes first, Walsh says

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A Dorchester soccer stadium would require traffic fixes first, Walsh says

By Adam Vaccaro
   
August 11, 2016

Traffic improvements in the surrounding area should be a prerequisite for the New England Revolution to build a Major League Soccer stadium at the Bayside Expo Center site in Dorchester, according to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

Walsh told Boston.com a stadium would make sense at the parcel — provided the iffy infrastructure is addressed first.

“If there’s an opportunity for solutions to traffic, I think it would be a great fit,” he said.

Walsh, who has said since the 2014 World Cup that he’d like the team to move to Boston and who is close with Revolution and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, also suggested that infrastructure improvements should be at least partially publicly funded.