PROVINCETOWN — An on-again, off-again effort to install a gap in the Long Point Dike, more commonly called the West End breakwater, took a small step forward last week at a public meeting organized by town officials and the Army Corps of Engineers to gather public input on the project.
Long Point Dike
PROVINCETOWN TOWN MEETING
Voters Will Reconsider Breaching the Breakwater
The rapid collapse of the West End marsh has revived a stalled effort
PROVINCETOWN — Voters at the April 3 annual town meeting will consider a plan to create a 40-foot gap in the town’s West End breakwater, more formally known as the Long Point Dike, in an effort to reverse the destruction of the marsh west of the breakwater.