A bundle of undersea Eversource cables supplying power to Chappaquiddick caused a temporary pause in the $4 million reconstruction project under way at Memorial Wharf last week.

Construction began Tuesday on a $4 million capital project to raise the Memorial Wharf pier between 18 inches and two feet and rebuild its crumbling infrastructure, preserving the dock for decades to come.

Voters easily approved a $3 million project to overhaul Memorial Wharf and agreed to move forward with a controversial project to install electric bus chargers on Church street.

The Memorial Wharf project was awarded $1 million in state grant money Wednesday, as part of $4 million handed out by the Seaport Economic Council.

Memorial Wharf joins the Edgartown Yacht Club and the Vose family boathouse as Edgartown looks to preserve historic harborfront buildings in wake of climate change.

For the first time since 1960 a Hy-Line ferry docked in Edgartown on Tuesday morning, part of a test run for Christmas in Edgartown plans to see if the vessel could dock at Memorial Wharf.