The dredging will take four to six weeks to complete, and Marginal Road will be closed to traffic.
Sullivan told councilors that the plan is to put the project out to bid this spring and begin work this summer. Sullivan said sediment settled at the bottom of the pond has become so thick it interferes with plant life and harms the ecosystem. The pond is in an "advanced state" of eutrophication, she said, which means excessive richness of nutrients in the pond has led to dense growth of plant life and death of animals from lack of oxygen. The dredging project, which could start as soon as this summer, will "address decades of sediment build up and contaminated run off" and prevent similar problems in the future, he said. MORE: Asian Americans share experiences of hate local officials vow solidarity at Quincy rallyĭavid Murphy, Quincy's commissioner of natural resources, said the pond catches all of the drainage from as far away as Mount Wollaston Cemetery up to Hancock Street. MORE: Liam Hines carries North Quincy to 'Thanksgiving in April' win over Quincy "Not only is it an important ecological asset, it is a crucial flood management asset as well." "Every time it rains, the storm water runoff from the surrounding 34 acres is conveyed to the pond," she said. Julie Sullivan, the city's environmental scientist, said the project will clean up the pond and it allow it to continue serving as a stormwater catch. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.QUINCY - A small pond near Quincy Center that officials say is an invaluable ecological resource for the city will soon undergo a $1.4 million dredging project.Ĭity councilors this week approved spending the money to dredge 3,900 cubic yards of sediment from Butler's Pond near the Dorothy Quincy Homestead.
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