Next Steps

A representative group of SBPF members is working with a group appointed by the Select Board to try to develop a shared vision for moving the project forward. This was agreed upon after our application to extend the geotubes was (largely) affirmed as legal by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP),  overturning a Conservation Commission denial of our application.

Both SBPF and the Select Board wish to avoid the costs of protracted litigation, take steps to support a successful project in moving forward, and protect Town, individual and community resources along Baxter Road. 

The mutual goals include:

  • Protecting the areas threatened by erosion
  • Refining the process for ongoing monitoring and protection of the Town and beaches, if future problems emerge
  • Establishing improved systems for sand replenishment covering the geotubes
Sand covered tubes
Geotubes lie beneath the sand template at the base of the Bluff.

 

Sankaty at twilight
Stopping erosion along ‘Sconset Bluff is imperative to maintaining access to Sankaty Head Lighthouse.