At its Tuesday conference, the Edgartown pick board authorized a $200,000 contract with engineering business Fuss & O’Neill to conduct a examine and feasibility evaluation concerning the Chappy Ferry’s susceptibility to local weather modify hazards.
Permitted at the spring once-a-year city conference, the analyze and assessment will be important in searching for and securing grants and alternate funding for Chappy Ferry–related funds improvement initiatives geared toward weather resilience, aligning with the state’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Application.
Town administrator James Hagerty said the review and assessment conducted by Fuss & O’Neill will be focusing precisely on the ferry ramps and the adjacent egress/ingress roadways. Hagerty mentioned after interviewing two companies for the agreement, the Chappy Ferry steering committee selected Fuss & O’Neill “based on [their] presentation as properly as the scope of operate they furnished.” The steering committee relayed that the engineering company “could most satisfy the specifications of the city