Westboro residents beaming as local beach partly reopens

Westboro residents say they're pleased a stretch of their local beach will reopen this summer — even if it comes with news that the entire construction project won't wrap up until next year. "Last summer was not a happy summer," said Len Fardella, co-president of the Westboro Beach Community Association. The closure of Westboro Beach in 2023 was part of the National Capital Commission's (NCC) plans to redevelop the area. © Joseph Tunney/CBC Len Fardella, co-president of the Westboro Beach Community Association, said residents weren't happy to learn their beach wouldn't reopen on time. But when the entire beach closed last summer, the community wasn't happy, Fardella said — and aired those frustrations.