WELLFLEET – Two meetings have been scheduled to discuss roadway alterations having to do with the Herring River restoration project in Wellfleet.
The restoration covers over a thousand acres of former salt marsh that were diked off from tidal flow about one hundred years ago.
Margo Fenn, project manager on the restoration, said, “The goal of the two towns of Wellfleet and Truro and the Cape Cod National Seashore is to incrementally restore tidal flow over a number of years to try to restore the health of the estuary.”
The project is one of the largest salt marsh restoration projects in the country.
“Restoring tidal flow will restore the water quality in the river. It will restore habitat for shellfish and fin fish. It will get rid of invasive plants. It will reestablish the salt marsh vegetation. All of those things are of interest to environmental agencies,” Fenn said.
The first meeting is a “zero percent design” public design forum to discuss approaches to elevating and replacing culverts under Pole Dike Road, Old County Road and Bound Brook Road and a tide control structure at Pole Dike Creek. The meeting will be held on February 4 at 6 p.m. at the Council on Aging at 715 Old King’s Highway in Wellfleet.
The second “zero percent design” public design forum to discuss approaches to improving tidal flow over High Toss Road will be held on February 9 at 6 p.m. at the Wellfleet Library on West Main Street.
The public is invited to attend and participate in the planning for the roadway alterations.
