BERLIN – A grant could help with the restoration of the Jenkins Point shoreline.
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) has applied to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for funding to aid in the Jenkins Point shoreline restoration. Jenkins Point Peninsula, located just south of the Route 90 bridge, has fragmented and eroded dramatically in the last 50 years.
“What we’ve proposed to do is really re-establish the Jenkins Point Peninsula with its shoreline, its marsh basically restore the habitat that used to exist there,” said Kevin Smith, executive director of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.
The MCBP approached Ocean Pines Association officials earlier this year regarding plans to pursue grant funding to help improve the Jenkins Point shoreline. At this month’s meeting of the association’s board, officials said no residents had commented on the proposal and the board president was expected to sign an affidavit in support of the project.