The Dredge program is critical for our region because it helps maintain the changing coastal landscape while protecting its environmental and economic vitality in addition to offering each town significant cost savings.
Today, the Cod Fish II made its long-awaited transit from the Sandwich Boat Basin to Falmouth, en route to the upcoming Popponesset Approach Channel dredging project in Mashpee. This journey […]
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The western end of Sampson’s Island (adjacent to Cotuit) was dredged by the County over a three-year period from 2018 to 2020. Over 135,000 Cubic Yards of sand was removed […]
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Progress Continues South in Area 3 Since the November 5th update, dredging has continued in Area 3. We are now halfway through this area (see below) but we have also encountered weather and […]
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Dredging started on November 11th. Due to previous permitting delays, just the northern part of the channel was dredged in 2022, then in 2023 the southern part and the area outside […]
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Two of four areas have been completed this past week and we are now moving to the mid-section of the channel (see below). Area 2 resulted in the removal of […]
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Dredging continued and the progress is slow as we are removing a large section of the spit that has extended into the channel (exposed at all tides). This is the […]
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