Posted on August 1, 2017
By Ethan Genter, Cape Cod Times
A new contractor has been chosen to dredge the remaining sand in Menemsha Creek in Aquinnah and Chilmark after the original company was fired by the Army Corps of Engineers for failing to finish the work last season.
The Corps’ New England District signed a takeover agreement last month to hire H & L Dredging of Bay Shores, New York, to complete the dredging and to repair damages left by the previous contractor. The new firm has successfully completed similar hydraulic dredging projects in New England, according to the Corps.
Dredging is expected to start Oct. 1 and take about four to five weeks to complete.
The sandy material will be dredged from the channel that connects Vineyard Sound and Menemsha Pond and will be pumped through a pipeline to a beach in Aquinnah to help offset erosion.
Source: Cape Cod Times
