CHATHAM – Chatham, Dennis and Nantucket are among five communities across the state that were awarded $3.6 million in Massachusetts Dredging Program grants recently.
It’s the first-ever grant round of the state dredging program, which is part of a targeted effort to bolster the Commonwealth’s 78 coastal communities.
The Town of Chatham was awarded $100,000 to remove around 14,000 cubic yards of sand and sediment from the mooring basin and Municipal Fish Pier at Aunt Lydia’s Cove in Chatham Harbor.
The Town of Dennis was also awarded $100,000 to remove around 15,000 cubic yards of sand from the entrance channel at Sesuit Harbor.
Nantucket received $500,000 for the Nantucket Town Pier Dredging Project, which will remove around 1,180 cubic yards of sediment from the dock basin of the Town Pier in Nantucket Harbor.
The program is financed with funds allocated under the 2018 Economic Development Bill, which was signed by Governor Charlie Baker last summer.
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