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63 <br /> Report of <br /> Popponesset Bay Waterways Committee <br /> S <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Town Hall <br /> t <br /> Mashpee, Massachusetts <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> Since our statement in the 1967 Annual Reports, Town <br /> of Mashpee, this committee has, by several informal discus- <br /> sions of the joint chairmen (Barnstable and Mashpee) and <br /> with Congressman Keith, together with his staff, and with <br /> The Army Corps of Engineers, tried to keep the dredging of <br /> Popponesset Bay one of the important Cape projects. We <br /> were advised that the status of the already congressionally <br /> f approved (but not funded) Popponesset Bay Navigation Study <br /> of $60,000.00 has not been changed and that the $6,000'.00 <br /> initial contribution to the study in the 1968 Presidential <br /> Budget would be forthcoming. However, both chairmen have <br /> been recently advised by The Army Corps of Engineers that <br /> they have received funds slightly over $4,000.00 to start the <br /> study, and that hearings will begin sometime in the not too <br /> distant future to ascertain the feelings of the townspeople <br /> on this matter. Advance notices of such hearings will be <br /> made public as soon as possible. <br /> In addition to the above-mentioned available study <br /> i funds, a recent Washington, D.C. press release concerning <br /> funds for Cape Cod projects included an additional $15,000.00 <br /> for the Popponesset Study. This was confirmed by Congress- <br /> man Hastings Keith's office. Again we are thanking the <br /> Congressman for his continuing efforts to make this one of <br /> his most important projects. <br /> We now feel that there will be an acceleration in this <br /> Program and hope that those who are interested will give <br /> serious consideration to this time-consuming effort and will <br /> make available their feelings before and during the forth- <br /> coming hearings. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> HOWARD A. ROHDIN, Chairman <br /> GORDON CROWELL <br /> ROBERT JONES <br /> HOWARD LORD <br /> RALPH ROCKWELL <br />