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Select Board delays vote on Beach Preservation Fund license after residents raise concerns about sand deliveries and geotube project
Summary
The Select Board heard a detailed draft license from the Beach Preservation Fund (SPF) tying escrowed funds and removal plans to an expanded geotube erosion-control project on Baxter Road. After hours of public comment about truck routes, road damage and long-term liabilities, the board agreed to revise language and resume review at its April 15 meeting.
The Nantucket Select Board paused action on a proposed license governing the Beach Preservation Fund’s (SPF) Baxter Road geotube project after a lengthy public discussion about truck routes, escrowed removal and sand-nourishment funds, and long‑term town liability.
Vince (presenting the draft license) told the board the agreement establishes two escrow accounts to cover potential removal and sand nourishment: $2,437,000 for tube removal and roughly $6,771,61[0] for sand nourishment estimates, with annual reviews and top-ups required of SPF. He said the license would require SPF to pay for construction, monitoring and maintenance and give the town remedies if the organization folds or breaches the agreement.
Board members and residents pressed SPF and town staff on how sand would get to Baxter Road, who would pay for road damage and whether escrow arrangements sufficiently protect the town.…
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