The Board carefully considered the report of the Division Ehgineer 

 and concurred generally in his vievrs and reconiTnendationSo The B>ard 

 recommended that projects be adopted by the United States authorizing 

 Federal participation by the contribution of Federal funds in an amount 

 equal to one- third of the first cost of the following measures for the 

 protection and improvement of the shores of the Towns of Fairfield and 

 Westport, Connecticut as follows: 



a„ Jennings Beach and Ash Creek, Construction of an imper- 

 meable west jetty about 800 feet long and, if experience indicates 

 the necessity thereof, dredging of an inlet channel through the outer 

 bar; 



b. Sasco Hill feacho Widening to 100- foot width about 900 

 feet of beach by direct placement of sand, and construction of one 

 impermeable groin /i.00 feet long at the west end of the improvement; 



c. Burial HUl Ifeacho Contingent upon the construction 

 under the project for Sherwood Island State Park as set forth below, 

 of a 400-foot training wall on the east bank of Burial Hill Creek, 

 widening to a 100-foot width about 500 feet of beach by direct place- 

 ment of sand; 



d. Southport feach» Widening to 100-foot width about 

 700 feet of beach by direct placement of sand, and construction of 



one impermeable groin 400 feet long at the west end of the improvemento 



e. Sherwood Island State Parko Widening to a 150-foot 

 width about 6,000 feet of beach by direct placement of sand, the 

 creation of a stockpile by direct placement of sand for an additional 

 width of 100 feet for a distance of 1,000 feet each side of Sherwood 

 Point, the construction of two training walls 400 and 500 feet long 

 at Burial Hill Creek, and the construction of an impermeable groin 

 500 feet long at the west end of the improvement; 



f o Compo :feacho Widening to 100- foot width beaches east 

 and west of Cedar Point about 2,600 and 1,100 feet long respectively, 

 by direct placement of sand, construction of two impermeable groins 

 500 feet long, one at Hills Point and one at the west end of the 

 improvement. 



The Bsard recommended Federal participation subject to the con- 

 ditions that responsible local interests will: (1) adopt the 

 recommended plans of protection and improvement; (2) assure main- 

 tenance of the improvements for their useful life as may be required 

 to serve their intended purpose; (3) provide, at their own expense, 

 all necessary lands, easements, and rights-of-way; (4) hold and save 

 the United States free from all claims for damages th.qt may arise 

 either before, during, or after prosecution of the work; (5) assure 

 that water pollution that would endanger the health of bathers will 

 not be permitted; and (6) assure continued public ownership of the 



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