Committee to Discuss Charles River Project

The controversial proposal to put a 40-acre real estate development on a platform over the Charles River Basin will be discussed at a hearing in the Gardner Auditorium of the State House this morning at 10 a.m.

Representatives of many Boston and Cambridge civic groups are expected to appear before the Joint Committee off Cities to oppose the proposal, which, they say, would destroy the recreational value of the Basin area. Supporters of the bill argue that it would provide an important addition to Cambridge's tax base.