Posted on August 2, 2021
QUINCY — The state has awarded more than $7.8 million to South Shore municipalities in grants to address failing dams and coastal infrastructure, part of a larger $17 million that has been doled out statewide this year.
“The Commonwealth’s cities and towns are seeing the impacts of climate change every day, and our administration is committed to providing needed funding to support critical resilience projects to address these issues,” Gov. Charlie Baker said in a statement. “These grants will help municipalities make substantial progress to maintain and repair aging dams and seawalls across Massachusetts.”
Lt. Governor Karyn Polito said the state money is intended to help towns cover the high costs of infrastructure work, which can be hard to pay for solely out of a municipal budget.
Quincy was given more than $2.9 million to improve the Manet Avenue and Babcock Street sea wall. Braintree was given $1 million for the Armstrong Dam and restoration along the Monatiquot River.
Just over $100,000 was given to Weymouth for a resilience project on coastal infrastructure on Fort Point Road along the Fore River.
Hull received nearly $300,000 for repairs to sea walls on Nantasket Avenue and Harborview Road.
Marshfield got more than $400,000 for revetment repairs in Ocean Bluff and $2.3 million toward the construction of a sea wall in Brant Rock.
Wildlands Trust in Kingston was given more than $700,000 for a dam on Sylvia Place Pond.
The dam and sea wall program, facilitated through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, began in 2013 and to date has distributed more than $95 million.
