Town officials said the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, awarded to the town in 2022, may be rescinded, similar to the $90 million in federal grants the Trump Administration cancelled in Massachusetts communities earlier this month.
A unanimous vote by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday has cleared the way for the town of Oak Bluffs to proceed with a long-sought plan to reinforce the eroding bluffs along East Chop Drive.
Oak Bluffs is seeking permission from the Martha's Vineyard Commission to reinforce the eroding East Chop bluff.
In a presentation to the select board Tuesday, Tighe & Bond, the company in charge of the East Chop revetment and coastal bank restoration project, anticipated that construction could start September 2025 and potentially end in May 2027.
The long-planned project to re-engineer the East Chop bluff got a major boost with an announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that it has awarded $10 million to the town.
A multi-million-dollar project to engineer and stabilize the badly eroded bluff along East Chop Drive has seen its timeline pushed farther into the future, while town officials worry about ongoing deterioration.