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Photo by Nicole Harnishfeger
The patio of this home at 93 Baxter Road is just inches from the bluff. |
By Jason Graziadei
I&M Senior Writer
The winter nor’easter that hammered New England over the weekend took a heavy toll along the Sconset bluff, leaving several houses dangerously close to the edge and on the brink of tumbling to the ocean below.
The stone patio at 93 Baxter Road now hangs precariously over the bluff, as the ground beneath it was washed away over the weekend. An adjacent garage has been cleared out in anticipation of what now appears to be its inevitable demise.
The most recent series of winter storms have claimed as much as five to 10 feet of land in certain areas of the Sconset bluff, according to Conservation Commission administrator Dirk Roggeveen.
While there have been no emergency requests or enforcement orders filed at the Conservation Commission to move homes back from the bluff, Roggeveen said he’s likely to see some applications in the near future.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we had some in the next few weeks. I anticipate there will be some houses that need to be moved, rather quickly. People are assessing the situation and the damage right now.”
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