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By Carol Britton Meyer

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation recently hosted two public meetings to review the “DCR Parkways Flood Resilience Adaptation Strategies” report aimed at reducing flooding along Nantasket Avenue and Hull Shore Drive while maintaining the parkway’s cultural, recreational, and natural features.

The strategies being considered include changing traffic patterns, relocating buildings, reducing parking areas, and building taller seawalls or rock revetments along the boardwalk from the foot of Atlantic Hill to the Hull Redevelopment Authority property.

An online meeting was held October 20, and an in-person meeting October 27 at the Nantasket Beach Resort, with more than 100 participants in the virtual meeting. The same information was shared at both meetings.

“The DCR’s mission is to protect, promote, and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural, and recreational resources for the well-being of all,” DCR Director of Public Engagement Dan Cushing said.

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