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Dredge director says permitting delays and seasonal limits pin county’s dredging schedule; committee approves staffing additions
Summary
Barnstable County dredge staff told delegates that Army Corps permitting delays and expanded seasonal restrictions are shrinking dredging windows; the committee approved a budget that creates a deputy director position and a deckhand 2 career step and asked for a detailed breakdown of increased contractual and repair costs.
County dredge officials told the Assembly of Delegates standing committee on public services on March 25 that permitting backlogs and expanded seasonal restrictions have materially reduced the number of days the county can dredge, complicating beach renourishment and storm mitigation work.
Ken Cirillo, director of the dredge, described permitting as a "complex morass" and identified the Army Corps of Engineers as a major bottleneck in the process. Cirillo and Administrator Michael Dutton said the county completed a permit optimization study and forwarded it to a subcommittee of the Dredge Advisory Board for recommendations; the proposed budget incorporates one preferred approach from that study.
"We've got shrinking amount of time that we can actually dredge," Cirillo said,…
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