ENCOURAGING WORDS

"Don't worry about it accept that, like all things in nature, there may be damages but in time Mother Nature will heal the wounds. While there may be some shoreline changes due to higher water levels shoreline should eventually stabilize and without energy from wind driven waves the shoreline should be able to tolerate storm conditions in future. It's unfortunate the plants weren't in and establishing roots to hold soil, we would have seen the results in time, things will be ok, you are seeing effects now since the project isn't yet complete and the plants are not there to do their job".

These encouraging words came from our friend with the Army Corp of Engineers, Woody Francis. Nature does have ways or rearranging our surroundings. I walked around the pond and except for the higher water level it looks much better than I expected. The water is flowing out of the outfall pipe! How about that...it goes both ways.
I can't even begin to imagine the flooding we would have had without that pipe! Three years ago I remember the water from the pond running over the asphalt path. In fact, I have a photo of erosion on Harbour Drive that caved in part of the embankment, causing a big hole in the asphalt. People living on Bahia Drive remember the water coming up to the foundations of their houses. Keep in mind that back then the water had no way out and water had accumulated over years. the pond was full.

OK! So this was a setback, but only because we didn't have plants in establishing roots. Was it possible for us to have planted? NO! Time was not on our side.

We are all so grateful to Terry McGean, the Town Engineer, and the Powers That Be for saving this restoration. Without them we would still be on square one and flooding.