NEW PICTURES OF THE OXFORD STRAND SHOW MORE SHOCKING EROSION
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The phrase "change is hard" will forever be lodged in my mind as one of the top ten dismissive statements I have ever heard a person say in public to a packed community center of people. Amanda Poskaitis, a thirty-something representative of the National Wildlife Foundation said that as she was responding to the concerns of local people regarding the recent Strand Restoration Project which has turned Oxford's once beautiful Strand into an ugly combination of mulch, boulders, ugly rocks formed into islands, and severe erosion.
Maybe she should have said, "Change is destructive" or "Change is Ugly." If she had been honest about how she felt about being questioned by citizens, she would have said, "Deal with it."
Currently, the Strand Project is on hold in order for a few months to " let nature do her work." This was posted on a sign from Underwood and Associates in the Fall.
From the looks of it, Mother Nature is not happy with the "restoration." A beach that has been shown to be the same since the early 1930's is now eroded into jagged pieces.
Erosion on the East End of the Strand is the Result of the Strand Restoration Project
The Citizens of Oxford see what is happening and post pictures of the destruction on social media. It's rumored that some residents would like to address a town meeting regarding the project and its flaws but Tom Costigan, President of the Commissioners, does not support that idea.* (This came to light when the town accidently left the public livestream on during the first part of a closed meeting on March 26th during discussion of this idea. Town Lawyer Lindsay Ryan discovered the livestream was on and it was stopped and removed from the town's website.)
More pictures of the erosion on the Strand in March.
Sadly, the Strand Restoration has nothing to do with restoration or flooding as it was originally billed. It appears to be about fulfilling a desire of some members of the town's government to try "new and innovative" projects whether they work or not. We have others who want to use Oxford as a "test project" for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the National Wildlife Federation while building their resumes for future endeavors.
Meanwhile the residents of Oxford and those who have loved and walked the Strand for decades, are left to pick up the pieces.
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