Wynn Resorts does not currently intend to include Medford Square as part of a water shuttle service planned for the opening of its $2 billion Everett casino.

Wynn Boston Harbor President Bob DeSalvio said last week that Wynn plans for water taxis to run from the casino to Boston’s Long Wharf and to one or two stops in the city’s Seaport District. DeSalvio was asked if the route would include a stop along the Mystic River in Medford Square.

“Not yet,” DeSalvio said April 13 while speaking to Medford business owners at Marriott’s new AC Hotel at Station Landing. “But I wouldn’t rule it out.”

Last month, Mayor Stephanie M. Burke said the city was planning to raise money to construct a dock near Medford Square, allowing residents and visitors to access the casino and Boston via water taxi.

But stops along the Mystic River will not be part of the shuttle service at the casino’s projected opening in 2019.

“At opening, we’re going to focus between ourselves, downtown and the Seaport,” DeSalvio said. “But I don’t want to rule that out because the water taxi part of this, I think people really like it. Once you get used to it, you start realizing that it’s a pretty cool way to get around. It’s not in our initial plan, but we’re certainly thinking about it, maybe at a future phase.”

DeSalvio provided additional updates about the project during the April 13 event, organized by Medford realtor and social media strategist Jay Campbell to spread the word about opportunities for Medford businesses related to the Wynn development.

Before breaking ground, the company must still secure a building permit from Everett and approval of its mitigation plan from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

Wynn also faces a legal challenge from the city of Somerville, which began in mid-February when Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone announced that the city had filed an appeal with the state Department of Environmental Protection arguing the state improperly granted an environmental permit for waterfront construction.

Somerville has filed a series of legal challenges against the development, citing negative health and environmental impacts, including anticipated increases in traffic pollution.

“We hope to get through that by July and then start construction, and then that should get us done in early 2019,” DeSalvio said. “If you look from the air or if you were in a boat, the shoreline is a mess is because we’ve not been allowed to move forward with the next phase of remediation, which is going to be the waterside remediation.”

Wynn plans to clean up the area and replace it with a new, living shoreline that would accommodate rises in sea level, DeSalvio said.

Medford/Wynn agreement

As part of a mitigation deal between Wynn and the city reached in 2014, Medford will receive $1 million in annual payments to mitigate public safety concerns, improve water safety on the Mystic River and fund aesthetic upgrades for businesses.

The funding, which kicks in 90 days after the casino’s opening, also includes $325,000 annually for transportation improvements at intersections expected to see more traffic, such as Mystic Valley Parkway and I-93.

“We know that that’s a tough intersection, so we’ll be doing some work there – signal timing, some realignment, some [accessibility] improvements,” DeSalvio said.

Wynn will pay $1.5 million to fund part of a concept redesign for traffic improvements at Wellington Circle, which is just 1.5 miles from the casino site.

The company will also pay a subsidy to the MBTA allowing it to run more Orange Line trains.

“We are trying any way possible to divert people off the roads and have them use mass transit,” DeSalvio said. “We don’t want the traffic problems any more than any of you folks do.”

Wynn projects to spend $1.2 billion in hard construction costs to build the casino. Once complete, DeSalvio said the company expects to employ between 2,000 and 4,000 workers.

“We have a hiring preference for Medford residents, both on the construction side and the operational side,” he said.

Wynn’s current 24-person project staff works out of an office at 101 Station Landing in Medford, DeSalvio said. And the company plans to spend at a number of Medford businesses as the project continues.

“There’s a $10 million good faith commitment for us to buy goods and services from Medford businesses,” DeSalvio said.

Medford’s mitigation agreement with Wynn also includes $25,000 annually in vouchers for Medford businesses.