Sandwich residents, officials want action on restoring pond impacted by railroad collapse
EAST SANDWICH — Frustration is mounting over how a small kettle pond will be restored after a railroad embankment failed in October and left thousands of cubic feet of material in the water. On Oct. 27, about 300 feet of track along the Mass Coastal Railroad fell into a sinkhole, along with brush and earth, and into the adjacent pond, which is known by neighbors as Lily Pond. The exact cause of the failure is unknown. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation brought an application before the Conservation Commission Jan. 20 to restore the embankment within the existing footprint to re...
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