Wellfleet grapples with potential liability in salt marsh project
By Mary Ann Bragg, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Just as a homeowner might like to buy insurance on a property, the town is wrestling with who would pay off any liability claim.
"I'd love to send a check to an insurance company," Town Administrator
Most of the
The
In 1909, the town constructed a dike at
In late June, Town Attorney
"It comes down to how the project is designed, built and managed," Terkanian said.
Terkanian said the legal risk will be reduced primarily through a careful agreement process with each private landowner and by gradual management of the flooding.
But Selectman
"The selectmen are realizing that they could be at fault," said
The private landowners have struggled to draw attention to their concerns. Some have been organizing and sharing information among themselves during the last nine months and will meet for the first time today in
In the coming months, the two towns and the
Terkanian and Selectman
"It's an issue that we're very conscious of," Terkanian said. "I don't have an iron-clad solution yet. We don't want to be at the finish line and have someone say, 'Oh, by the way ...'"
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