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Anyone who's ever built a sandcastle at the beach should have known how this would play out.
The ocean is chipping away at natural land down on the Cape but someone thought they could just dump some sand on the beach and it would solve the problem?
Salisbury is not on the Cape. It is the northernmost town on the Massachusetts coast. Ocean-driven erosion is prevalent along the entire Massachusetts coastline, not just the Cape.
Years ago Ocean City Maryland had this same issue, the mayor had dunes built from sand dredged from the ocean. 40 years later the dunes are still there and the homes were protected, but I don't believe the dunes were that close to the ocean so that's no doubt the difference.
I feel badly for those homeowners. If a solid structure is against the law I don't know what the answer is.
Ocean-driven erosion is prevalent along the entire Massachusetts coastline, not just the Cape.
Exactly. I mentioned the Cape because that's what's been in the news lately. As in, officials in Massachusetts should have been aware of what's happening to the natural coastline elsewhere in the state and their little sand dune never stood a chance.
Years ago Ocean City Maryland had this same issue, the mayor had dunes built from sand dredged from the ocean. 40 years later the dunes are still there and the homes were protected, but I don't believe the dunes were that close to the ocean so that's no doubt the difference.
I feel badly for those homeowners. If a solid structure is against the law I don't know what the answer is.
If you go to most places in the world that aren't overdeveloped, you'll notice that most buildings in close proximity to the ocean shoreline have a certain rinky dink temporary structure character to them..well that's not by accident.
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