Barnstable Attempts to Modify Harbor Entrance Channel Dredging Project

The army corps of engineers is accepting public comment on a proposal that modify the dredging project of the mid-entrance channel in Barnstable Harbour.

Barnstable is looking to dispose of about 3,500 cubic yards of sediment at the Cape Cod Bay Disposal Site instead of putting dredged material in a viable spot Blish Point Sediment Containment Basin.

The dredging project aims to dredge a 182,000 square-foot area to a depth of 6 feet below mean low water at Maraspin Creek/Barnstable Harbor. About 20,000 cubic yards of sandy material will be removed and dewatered above the high tide line at Millway Beach before it be placed as beach and dune nourishment at the Sandy Neck Cottage and Lighthouse areas. Work will be operated in the fall or winter.

Public comment will be accepted through August 18, and their comment should be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Regulatory Division (ATTN: Kevin Kotelly), 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751.

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