Eroded beach and dunes in Sandwich fortified with sand and beach grass

Steve Heaslip, Cape Cod Times
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Sandwich’s storm-battered Town Neck Beach got its latest round of beach nourishment this fall.

Weeks Marine, working with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, piped sand ashore from a hydraulic dredge working at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal to deepen the channel. The sand was used to fortify the protective dune that fronts the parking lot ahead of the winter storm season. In past winters the area has been severely battered by erosion from northeast storms.

The final phase of the project is now underway, hand planting beach grass all along the newly shaped dune to give it more resiliency.

Despite the dune restoration project and the boardwalk construction at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, the annual Christmas tree still finds a spot at the busy beach on Wednesday as construction crews work around it.
Despite the dune restoration project and the boardwalk construction at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, the annual Christmas tree still finds a spot at the busy beach on Wednesday as construction crews work around it.
Crews plant beach grass along the newly leveled off dune on Wednesday at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich where dredging material from the Cape Cod Canal has been deposited to nourish and rebuild area.
Crews plant beach grass along the newly leveled off dune on Wednesday at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich where dredging material from the Cape Cod Canal has been deposited to nourish and rebuild area.

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