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Commission majority treats proposed fiber-roll dune restoration as coastal engineering structure; applicants asked for more evidence
Summary
At hearings on stabilizing eroding coastal banks at several Paco Mo properties, commissioners debated whether a reinforced fiber-roll array is a coastal engineering structure under local rules. A majority of sitting commissioners said it meets the local definition and the commission asked applicants for more technical detail and tagging/monofilament assurances; the applications were continued to Jan. 23.
Art Gasparo of Nantucket Engineering presented a bioengineered approach to stabilizing eroding coastal banks on several abutting Paco Mo properties: a reinforced fiber-roll array (sand nourishment, fiber rolls to be vegetated and tagged) similar to projects the commission has permitted. Gasparo said the work would include sand nourishment and planting to establish a vegetated bank and noted the technique had been used successfully on neighboring properties.
Commission discussion focused on definitions in the commission’s regulations. The…
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