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Council hears $4 million estimate to shore up eroding transfer-station revetment; monitoring and long-term sampling required
Summary
Town engineers told the New Shoreham Town Council that the transfer station nd capped landfill need upgraded revetment work and ongoing environmental monitoring; staff said the CRMC-approved plan could cost close to $4 million and will require an environmental land-use restriction and regular groundwater sampling.
The New Shoreham Town Council heard a technical briefing on the town's transfer station and capped landfill, where officials said shoreline erosion has undermined a 2019 revetment and triggered State review and corrective requirements.
In a presentation to the council, Jim (public works staff) said the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) had flagged undermining on the westerly slope and the town must upgrade the revetment and put in place a monitoring and soil-erosion control plan. "It's going to require close to $4,000,000 of work that'll have to be undertaken," Jim said, adding that the project also requires a permanent environmental land-use restriction and annual groundwater sampling.
The briefing outlined several discrete obligations: install upgraded revetment stone along the shoreline, finalize an environmental land-use restriction, and implement a monitoring plan for the three wells installed in 2019. Jim told the council that CRMC will allow use of a nearby lot to store roll-off containers only if a concrete slab is built because the two-foot cap of landfill cover could be compromised by erosion.
Council members asked about funding options and phasing. Staff said the town could attempt to stage the work but warned repeated mobilizations would increase overall costs and that the CRMC permit has a multi-year window that must be preserved; "you can drag it out," Jim said, "but it just costs you more for mobilization." He advised the council that archaeological surveys required by federal grants could add both cost and risk to obtaining outside funding.
Staff also raised operational details: the monitoring program will require laboratory analysis and a reporting schedule to the state (annual submission by March 15 was cited). The town has used a contractor (Coastal Environmental / Ernie George) for prior monitoring and said staff will evaluate whether to renew with that firm or go to bid for broader services.
The council did not take formal action to fund the entire revetment at the meeting. Council members asked staff to produce refined cost estimates and to draft the restrictive documents and monitoring plan for future council action.
