Posted on March 3, 2020
Dredging at the Popponesset approach channel began earlier this week after high winds and rough waters delayed the annual project, which was supposed to begin February 10.
Kenneth H. Bates, chairman of the Mashpee Waterways Commission, said the Barnstable County dredge was in place and pumping sand onto the beach on Tuesday and Wednesday.
High winds prevented the dredge from continuing work Thursday, February 27 and the delay will likely continue into FridayFebruary 28. Mr. Bates said he hopes work will resume over the weekend.
“Everything went good for two days and we’ll see about the weather,” he said. He estimated that three, maybe four, full days of dredging are left to complete the project, which maintains the navigability of the channel leading from the Nantucket Sound into Popponesset Bay.
With more than a month before the April 1 time-of-year restrictions kick in, the dredging of the approach channel is unlikely to come down to the wire as it did last year.
Source: capenews.net
