Protecting Nantucket's assets

This small pilot project involves only two nearby sets of three properties, each at the northern end of the 'Sconset Bluff where erosion is most severe. "Marine mattresses" and "gabions," which are heavy, rigid-plastic baskets filled with rocks, will placed on the toe of the bluff and covered with beach compatible sand in the same amount as would move up or down the beach if erosion were to take its natural course.

The system could be removed relatively easily from the site. An escrow fund controlled by Nantucket Conservation Commission will be established as part of the permit, to be used for removal of the entire installation if that's ever necessary.


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Proposal summary -  view PDF

Maps of proposed project location -  view large area PDF  |  view closeup area PDF

Marine mattress & gabion design -  view PDF

Current system on Hinckley Lane, Nantucket -  view PDF

Proposal as presented to Nantucket Board of Selectmen, March 2011 -  view PDF