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Wetlands board approves Flagg shoreline repairs despite neighbor’s erosion concerns
Summary
The Lancaster County wetlands board approved a permit allowing repair of an existing boat ramp, two 80-foot armor-stone breakwaters, beach nourishment and wetland plantings for the Flagg property after VIMS found no environmental concerns; an adjoining owner warned removal of older groins could increase erosion on his property.
The Lancaster County wetlands board voted to approve a shoreline repair and protection project for property owned by the Flaggs, after staff read a technical assessment from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) that raised no environmental concerns.
Craig Palabinski, the agent representing the applicants, said the project would repair an existing concrete boat ramp (about 11 feet wide by 24.5 feet long, with a collapsed landward 10.5-foot section) by replacing that section and extending the ramp an additional 10.5 feet, and would install two 80-foot armor-stone breakwaters with…
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