PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 28, 2023
Saco has received the long-awaited project agreement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin construction of a 750-foot jetty spur at Camp Ellis to mitigate the coastal erosion that has led to the destruction of 39 homes and the annual loss of 3 to 4 feet of sandy beach. The proposed project agreement is under legal review, and won’t be shared publicly until sometime next month, but already some local politicians are calling it a historic moment in the city’s effort to protect a neighborhood under threat of being washed away in the next storm. But the leaders of Save Our Shores say the proposal doesn’t provide the city with as much beach replenishment sand as promised.