In anticipation of a third powerful nor’easter in less than two weeks, construction crews in Marshfield, Mass. were working around the clock with state agencies to shore up seawalls damaged by record-high waves and tidal surges in the last two storms.
In a mile-long stretch of about 25 homes along a seawall, “we’re working as fast as we can to backshore [the seawalls], Tom Reynolds, Marshfield town superintendent said March 9. “There’s a lot erosion on the backside of the walls that has exposed them.” Underneath homes, footings for decks have all washed away, he added.