Westport Point floods — again

Posted 1/10/24

Westport’s point area flooded again Wednesday morning, with water rising several feet above the normal high tide mark. Water lapped up to the harbormaster’s office, Paquachuck Inn and …

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Westport Point floods — again

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Westport’s point area flooded again Wednesday morning, with water rising several feet above the normal high tide mark. Water lapped up to the harbormaster’s office, Paquachuck Inn and surrounding properties on lower Main Road at the height of the tide Wedndesday morning, and East Beach Road saw some flooding as well.

Though the water was high, the damage to East Beach Road was nothing compared to that wrought by the storm that struck one week before Christmas. That unnamed storrm caused major damage to the road and private trailer lots along the beach. On Monday evening, select board members met with residents and the heads of the East Beach Improvement Association and beach commission to start talking about a long-term plan to address the area’s vulnerabiliites.

 

 

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