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Town installs pilot dune‑stabilization systems at Madaket and Dionys; early sand gains reported
Summary
Coastal Resilience Coordinator Leah Hill described a two‑site pilot that used temporary 'cliff stabilizers' and plantings from Coastal Technologies. Installations at Madaket and Dionys cost about $10,000 in total; early field checks showed notable sand accretion at Madaket after one week.
Leah Hill, the town’s Coastal Resilience Coordinator, told the Coastal Resilience Advisory Committee on April 8 that the department and Land Bank installed a two‑site pilot to test temporary dune‑stabilization technologies.
Hill said the pilot used products from Coastal Technologies — “cliff stabilizers” (temporary honeycomb‑style inserts anchored with stainless‑steel screws and planted with dune grass) and, where permitted, a second device the company calls a dune guard that captures windblown sand. “They are temporary devices that help stabilize the plants and help capture the sediment,” Hill said.
Why it matters: the pilot is an experiment to identify low‑cost, replicable tools property owners and the town can use to…
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