The Boston Globe reports on the continuing struggle Winthrop has with its aging and failing seawall along Winthrop Beach. While funding has been secured to rebuild the beach, concerns over the effects of gathering sediment from off-shore has stymied that approach, and the alternative—trucking sand in—would mean a huge influx of traffic (an estimated 33,000 loads over 42 months). And evidence suggests that this would not be a one-time project.
No clear answers yet on a problem facing communities all over our coasts.