Brewster Natural Resources Department

Informal and unofficial Blog for the Town of Brewster, Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources. Includes Shellfish, Conservation lands, beaches and landings, moorings, etc.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Paine's Creek Landing repairs

This week the Brewster DPW hired a contractor to remove the broken asphalt from the beach, and put the large rocks on the west side back in place, then put sand in a berm along the north and west sides of the lot.

On Friday, Brewster DNR gathered staff and volunteers and a crew of AmeriCorp to fill and place 1,500 sandbags to further stabilize the bank and protect the landing.  Bags were tied and stacked around the boulders, and will be covered with sand to protect the bags.  In the event of another high tide storm event, they should provide some resistance to the erosion and help stabilize the boulders protecting the parking area.
1500 bags at 50 pounds a bag is 75,000 pounds, or a good 25 yards of sand.  Makes for a long day...

Beginning....


Action shots



 

Nearly finished...



The AmeriCorp team taking a well deserved break...




Thanks to everyone on the sandbag crew; AmeriCorp, Brewster Health Department (Sherrie and son Ethan), Friends of the Punkhorn members, and the Brewster DNR staff.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 3, 2010 at 10:33 AM

    Hi!
    I work at a Summer Camp in Brewster on Slough Pond called Camp Mitton. We frequently utilize Paine's Creek Beach, and bring our kids there many times during the summer. I see the pictures on this page. Thank you to everyone involved for the work you do! It is greatly appreciated by many!

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