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Nantucket prioritizes coastal resiliency projects; debris removal from bluffs poses permitting and logistics challenges

5390318 · July 14, 2025
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Town staff outlined a multi-decade coastal resiliency plan that targets Washington Street, downtown flood barriers, Ames Avenue in Madaket and Tom Nevers Park, and said debris removal from eroding bluffs is underway but slow due to access, permits and required heavy equipment.

Nantucket — Town staff on July 12 told the Advisory Committee of Nonvoting Taxpayers that coastal resiliency is a high-priority, multi-year program involving substantial design, permitting and funding needs, and that removing storm-deposited debris from eroding bluffs is technically and logistically difficult. Libby Gibson summarized the town’s coastal-resiliency plan, saying it contains projects spread over 25 years and worth “hundreds of millions of dollars.” She identified near-term focal areas as the Washington…

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