From the Falmouth Enterprise · August 12, 2022 · By Mackenzie Ryan
Mashpee’s conservation agent, Andrew McManus, told the Mashpee Select Board on August 8, 2022, that a feasibility study by the Horsley Witten Group recommends replacing the culvert under Red Brook Road, on the Mashpee–East Falmouth line, with an 8-foot-wide box culvert and raising the flood-prone road. The study found water welling up beneath the concrete structure, making road safety the top priority, and advised against sandbagging the culvert in the meantime so that fish and wildlife can pass freely.
McManus stressed that the flooded former cranberry bogs behind the culvert are an impoundment, not a natural pond, and acknowledged that neighbors used to a waterfront view may object. He has briefed the Seabrook Village Association and planned to share the report with residents that fall. The Mashpee conservation department is working with Falmouth’s conservation agent and both towns’ public works departments toward construction, and McManus described the open culvert as an important part of improving water quality and wildlife habitat.
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