Shoreline Resiliency Project Planned for Marshfield and Duxbury

The Towns of Marshfield and Duxbury were awarded a grant in the Fall of 2019 from Massachusetts 
Coastal Zone Management (CZM) for the design and permitting of beach and dune nourishment projects 
at vulnerable locations along the Towns’ east facing shorelines. The proposed nourishment projects will 
improve shoreline resiliency by helping to maintain and improve the elevation and width of the existing 
beaches in order to strengthen the Towns’ existing approach to management of the shoreline, which 
includes regular maintenance and repair of existing seawalls and revetments. In addition to a scientific 
inventory of the existing conditions, the project will prioritize and evaluate the beach and dune 
nourishment sites based on effectiveness and costs/benefits of various options. 
This project is a continuation of a previous CZM funded project in the Town of Marshfield that evaluated 
the feasibility of using sediment dredged from Green Harbor as a source for beach nourishment. The 
Town of Duxbury has been added as a partner to the project to facilitate a more comprehensive review. 
The current project is carrying forward the public engagement process that took place with the Green 
Harbor project. 
An online public presentation is scheduled for May 4 from 9:00 to 10:15 AM to introduce the project to 
the public and to solicit questions. It will be shown live via the local Marshfield and Duxbury community 
television stations:
www.marshfieldtv.org/streaming, MCTV Community Channel 15 (Comcast) or Channel 35 (Verizon) in 
Marshfield. Replays of the online presentation will be available at www.marshfieldtv.org.
www.pactv.org/live, PACTV Community Channel 13 (Comcast) or Channel 43 (Verizon), or in Duxbury on 
Channel 15 (Comcast) or Channel 39 (Verizon). Replay of the online presentation will be available at 
www.pactv.org/duxbury.
Shorefront property owners and the general public are encouraged to watch the presentation to learn 
more about the project. Questions will be accepted via email to the following Town Planning 
Departments:

GGuimond@townofmarshfield.org
Massard@town.duxbury.ma.us

Responses to Frequently Asked Questions and project updates will be posted on the Town Planning 
Department web sites.

To be published in the Marshfield Mariner – week of April 27th
To be published in the Duxbury Clipper – week of April 27th