The Winter Island Park Pathway and Bank Restoration Project  will implement a nature-based coastal bank stabilization project along 690 linear feet of critically eroding shoreline at Winter Island Park, including sections of Waikiki Beach, Fort Pickering and the parking lot edge. The project will remove invasive vegetation and use fiber lift arrays and native vegetation to provide storm damage protection and erosion control, improve public safety and pedestrian access, restore native vegetation, and preserve archaeological and historic resources dating back 6,000 years. 

The current Winter Island shoreline restoration project is the direct result of an earlier planning effort that evaluated erosion, unmanaged pedestrian access, and invasive vegetation impacts throughout the park. That work engaged the community, identified priority areas for intervention, and developed recommendations for stabilizing eroding coastal banks and pathways. The resulting roadmap now allows the City to move forward with implementation of nature-based shoreline stabilization measures that will improve resilience, protect natural and cultural resources, and enhance public access along the waterfront.

Should you have any questions about this project, please reach out to the Project Manager, Christian Thiim, at cthiim@salem.com or Barbara Warren at bw@barbarawarrenenvironmental.com

***This project is largely funded by a Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Coastal Resilience Grant from the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs***

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