The point of the project was to restore habitat and restore some of the eroded shoreline. The plan was to do Bahia first, but that is a difficult part to get to. Yes, sand covered some of the rocks; they will become exposed over time; plants will hide others. TIME! It took years for the shoreline to erode. We have only been actually doing restoration work (pushing sand) since July 3, 2006.
When I told our worries to Dr. Jesien today he said, “it’s like making sausage, don't look until it has had time to cure.”
The pictures above are of the work done today. The sand was placed on Harbour Drive, and because of the location it had to be pushed into the pond. The man doing the job was a real artist at his work. Look at that piece of equipment he was using, because of its size it wouldn’t have room to move on Bahia. When I spoke to our Public Works man today he told me we would probably have to put sand it the street to finish Bahia.
Now the big problem: Sand or lack of it. Our Public Works man explained; to complete this project we need to have that sand before September because they are scheduled to begin BIG jobs then. It will cost about $22,000 for sand just for Bahia.
We now have a ramp to run the equipment for Bahia and a month to finish Bahia. Do we buy the sand? If your answer is yes: How do we get the money?