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Nantucket advisory committee highlights town-meeting resiliency wins, flags contested bluff licensing vote
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Coastal Resilience Advisory Committee reviewed town-meeting outcomes that delivered several resiliency wins — including $1 million for planning, $2 million for dredging and $500,000 for wastewater resiliency — and discussed next steps after a close vote on a bluff licensing agreement with SPPF.
The Coastal Resilience Advisory Committee (CRAC) met May 12 and reviewed results from the town meeting, reporting a series of approvals that CRAC members said advance the island’s coastal resilience work. Committee staff said voters approved $1,000,000 for resiliency planning and $2,000,000 for a dredge plan and sediment budget; the committee also noted a $500,000 allocation for resiliency improvements at the Surfside wastewater treatment facility.
Leah, who presented the committee’s quarterly report, said the committee had also supported and recommended that the Select Board send a support letter for the Steamship Authority’s federal BUILD grant application. “You all supported a recommendation to…
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