Silver and green shovels struck the ground Thursday marking the beginning of construction for Meshacket Commons, an affordable housing complex off Meshacket Road in Edgartown.

Meshacket Commons cleared another bureaucratic hurdle this week after a public hearing hosted by the Edgartown zoning board of appeals yielded zero opposition to the proposed affordable housing development.

Edgartown will move forward with its largest major affordable housing development in more than a decade, after the Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted unanimously to approve the Meshacket Commons project.

A planned 40-unit affordable housing development in Edgartown moved closer to approval Thursday night as the Martha’s Vineyard Commission closed its public hearing on the project.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission opened a public hearing on the the first major affordable housing project planned in decades for the town of Edgartown.