In furtherance of the general purpose of the study, specific 

 problems at Revere Beach were found to require determination of the 

 most suitable measures for protecting and improving the beach in 

 the Metropolitan District Commission Reservation and for preventing 

 flooding in the Point of Pines area. 



The Division Engineer considered the desires of the cooperating 

 agency, determined the character, source, and movement of beach 

 material, studied the existing structures, the changes in the shore 

 lines and offshore bottom, the effects of winds and storms, 

 developed plans for protecting and improving the shore of the area, 

 and made an economic analysis of proposed new protective and improve- 

 ment construction for the publicly owned shore in the study area. 

 He found that the estimated benefits warrant construction of certain 

 measures for the protection and Improvement of the publicly owned 

 shore and that the public interest therein justifies Federal parti- 

 cipation to the extent of one-third of the total cost of recommended 

 new work, in accordance with the policy established by Public Law 

 727, 79th Congress o 



The Division Engineer recommended, subject to certain conditions, 

 adoption of a project by the United States authorising Federal parti- 

 cipation in an amount equal to one-third of the first cost of pro- 

 tecting and improving the beach of the Metropolitan District Commission 

 Revere Beach Reservation for a length of 13,700 feet between Northern 

 Circle and a point near Shirley Avenue by placing thereon 522,000 

 cubic yards of .sand fill to provide a backshore elevation of 18*0 

 feet above mean low water, except at the northern end of the beach 

 where local conditions require backshore elevations between 16 *S and 

 17n3 feet above mean low water , 



The Division Engineer also recommended that the Commonwealth 

 of Massachusetts, if it considers the work justified, (a) construct 

 a concrete-encased steel sheet pile sea wall having a top elevation 

 of 18o0 feet above mean low water in the Point of Pines area between 

 the General Edwards Bridge and Northern Circle, a distance of 4-500 

 feet 5 (b) periodically level the top of the stone ridge at the 

 southerly end of Revere Beach Reservation when it reaches an 

 elevation higher than that of the adjacent roadj (c) seal openings 

 in the existing Roughan's Point sea wall and extend it to Eliot 

 Circle, Federal contribution to items (b) and (c) would not be in 

 accordance with the policy stated in Public Law 727, 79th Congress. 

 Study of item (a), not originally included in the scope of the 

 investigation, was not sufficiently extensive to determine the extent 

 of Federal aid to be recommended in accordance with existing statutes. 

 The Division Engineer was of the opinion that Federal participation 

 in this item that might be recommended as a result of further study 

 would not exceed 9 per cent of the total cost* 



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