into the yacht club area and the dredged yacht basin. The Board was 

 of the opinion that these groins, as designed, will be inadequate 

 to accomplish these purposes in their entirety, and that groins 

 properly designed to accomplish the intended purposes would of 

 necessity be larger and more costly,, The Board recommended that 

 the proposed groins be eliminated from the plan as unnecessary and 

 undesirable features „ The Board recognized that this elimination 

 will require that the shore line in the immediate vicinity of the 

 yacht clubs be advanced to correspond with the proposed beach al- 

 ignment throughout the remainder of the area. This change will 

 eliminate the cost of the groins but will necessitate an increase 

 in the length of the Sachem Creek conduit and an increase in the 

 quantity of sand fill. The net effect will be an increase in the 

 total estimated cost of the plan from $849,000 to $897,000 o 



The Board was of the opinion that the recommended plan of pro- 

 tection and improvement as modified by the above comments will pro- 

 vide needed protection to the shore of the publicly owned Metro- 

 politan District Commission, Quincy Shore Reservation and adjacent 

 privately owned property and will promote and encourage the health- 

 ful recreation of the people . 



In accordance with existing statutory requirements, the Board 

 stated its opinion that; 



a. It is advisable for the United States to adopt a pro- 

 ject authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting 

 and improving the publicly owned shore of the Setropolitan District 

 Commission Quincy Shore Reservation, Massachusetts. 



b The public interest involved in the proposed measures 

 for the publicly owned shores is substantial. It is associated with 

 prevention of direct damages to public property, increased tax 

 revenue resulting from increased earning power of adjacent property 

 and recreational benefits to the public | 



Co The share of the expense which should be borne by the 

 United States is one-third of the first cost of the proposed work 

 for publicly owned shores «, The estimated amount of this share is 

 $299,000. 



The Board recommended that a project 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 

 protecting and improving the shore of the Metropolitan District 

 Commission Quincy Shore Reservation, Massachusetts, bys 



a« Placing approximately 126,000 cubic yards of sand and 

 gravel, and 253,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach between Hovey 

 Street and Rufe 9 s Hummock Sea Wall, a distance of 8500 feet, to provide 



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