August 22, 2025 — Work is progressing on a huge $44 million infrastructure project in New Bedford.
The Leonard’s Wharf right along the state pier will be expanding.
“It’s one of our most important infrastructure projects, that we kicked off earlier this year,” said Gordon Carr, the executive director of Port Authority. “We want to reconstruct and extend one of our largest fishing wharfs in the harbor.
Leonard’s Wharf has a long history in the city. In the 19th century it originally began as a whaling pier and then continued to expand into a large commercial fishing port.