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Committee links damaged bulkheads to stormwater outfalls and local flooding concerns
Summary
Members identified an intersection between bulkhead condition and stormwater outfalls, noting undersized or compromised pipes and a flap at Pier Street that won27t close. Committee members urged mapping and further work to address backups affecting Conservancy Park.
Committee members spent much of the discussion identifying specific infrastructure problems that connect shoreline bulkheads and stormwater systems. Presenter mentioned overseeing the Bachelor's Point bulkhead reconstruction; Chair and others flagged outfalls that appear undersized or damaged and said those conditions worsen local inflow and backups.
"So there's definitely intersection between the bulkheads and our stormwater issues," Chair said, and described a DeMillo's outfall that "is only 10 inches in terms of pipe" and other outflows that are "completely compromised." Members also noted a metal flap at the Pier Street outfall that does not close and an outflow at the end of Bonfield that backs up through Conservancy Park, linking specific locations to observed flooding.
