Due to the necessity of dredging the Cape Cod Canal for the sake of large cargo boats, and other massive boats, Sandwich, MA homeowners living in the Town Neck shore area need the government to step in and tell them to move to a new locality in return for taxpayer compensation. This way should eventually be the most cost effective countermeasure, as dredging and then leaving the sand in the Town Neck area is a futile ritual. This is a situation that needs greater measures of consideration.
Why is this necessary? The sand would be back too shortly due to the strong tidal currents in the canal area. And, there is no way to bring the sand over the sand dunes without destroying them. We need to claim the land by the houses for making a place to not only bring the sand ashore, but also to get it in big dump trucks so that it can be carried away to a faraway inland dump.
The Solution:
To address the current issue, the sand should be brought ashore. Then, taken from the shore area, and transferred to a local landfill. This would require use of big machinery like dump trucks and front loaders, but it should greatly slow problematic sand deposits.
"In the next three weeks, as much as 180,000 cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto the beach. The sand will be shaped and sculpted into dunes to protect the salt marsh, boardwalk and Mill Creek. The town is paying $2.9 million, a combination of town funds and $1 million in state money, to pay for the project." http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20160105/NEWS/160109790
The next step is that now that we have the Canal dredged, we need to put that sand in a place far enough inland so that hopefully it will put off other dredging to a much later date, as it is nearly impossible to completely fix the problem forever.
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