![]() “This year wasn’t quite as bad,” said Kane. It has now been 11 years since the creek was last dredged, and for the last two years, many of the larger boats and sailboats have been getting stuck. Though the creek is typically dredged every 10 years, the permitting process to have the creek dredged in spring 2021 was delayed, in part, to accommodate spawning fish and the town’s anticipated receipt of state grant funds for the project, according to minutes from an April 14 Board of Selectmen (BOS) meeting. “What happens is just the elevation of the base of the creek itself gets higher and higher and higher.” ![]() “Because of it being a tidal river and a tidal creek, Mother Nature deposits the soil debris and it comes right into the channel and up the creek,” said Carolyn Kane, chair of the Chester Harbor Management Commission in a phone interview. The dredging of Chester Creek is scheduled for January 2022, which will alleviate many of the issues boaters have faced trying to navigate this waterway. ![]()
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