New Chatham Cut - Bailout?

[Saltheart]

No they should not spend tax money to fill it in. Yes they should give permits to build sea walls to those who want them.

My guess is all the sand money can buy will not stop that gap from continuing to grow.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

No they should not spend tax money to fill it in. Yes they should give permits to build sea walls to those who want them.

My guess is all the sand money can buy will not stop that gap from continuing to grow.

Take a look at the lot of good it did for Nantucket.
Sea ate the retaining walls no problem.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

No they should not spend tax money to fill it in. Yes they should give permits to build sea walls to those who want them..

Absolutely not.
You start putting a hard line in the sand, and bad things happen. Even IF the seawall/bulkhead/revetment lasts, the beach in front of it will continue to retreat, in most cases more rapidly than before. hard structures are bad, and the creation of new hard structures is illegal in RI.

One of the two inlets will close, since there isnt enough tidal flow to keep 2 open.

[Little Round]

There was alot of water flowing through there this afternoon. I don't see how you stop nature. The current is ripping so fast I don't know how you get the sand to stay. I will say the amount of eel grass just north of the breach is amazing. I don't remeber the grass there in dec/jan like it is now. I was in 4 feet of water and had to come off a plane b/c the grass was getting caught in the prop.