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Commission issues final certificate for 94 Bridge St after salt‑marsh monitoring meets survival target
Summary
Following two years of monitoring, the commission granted a final certificate of compliance for a pier and seawall project at 94 Bridge St after consultants reported a 75% Spartina survival rate required by condition 29.
Representatives for the 94 Bridge Street project asked the Conservation Commission for a final certificate of compliance after a two‑year salt‑marsh monitoring requirement. Consultants and staff presented monitoring photographs and a final report showing the planted Spartina alterniflora plugs (500 total) are establishing and expanding; the monitoring covers plantings installed in July 2023 and the most recent observations from September.
Monitoring documentation showed a 75% survival rate, meeting the special condition set by the commission for final compliance. Commission staff confirmed that the stone seawall was gravity laid without textile reinforcement as required and that core matting was used to secure plugs during installation. Commissioners voted to issue a full certificate of compliance for the project.
Next steps: staff will file the certificate and close the enforcement path for the project; the commission will continue periodic monitoring of similar installations as standard practice for projects with restoration conditions.
