Well, it looks like the citizens of Grafton want to keep the Bridge Street Dam where it is. The binding referendum passed April 5th. "Should the village preserve the Bridge Street Dam until at least 2019, a state imposed deadline for demolishing, upgrading or replacing the structure."
1,685 people, or 75%, voted "Yes!" No votes came in at 573, or 25%.
The Riverkeeper is disappointed. “These dams are very expensive to maintain,” she said. “They’re not necessarily providing a lot of benefit other than recreational or aesthetic," noting that stimulus money could provide funds to replant the mud flats, to create a riverside green space with trails. I'll just note here that a year after the Estabrook Dam's been not damming the river by us, the riverside green and brown space is a swath of unstimulussed mud, weeds, and plastic bags.
Look here for some aesthetic possibilities.
Good for you, Grafton.
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2 comments:
No need to beat a dead horse, but I say "Boooooo".
I can't wait until the local Grafton businesses find out that they have been voted into paying for the dam repairs. I'm sure they'll be ecstatic.
sweet cat! :) You have a nice blog :-D
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