Landing Commission

Public Meeting

 
When: March 20, 2024
Where: Town Hall Annex Meeting Room
Time:  6:00 p.m.

 

The Westport Landing Commission will hold a public meeting in the Town Hall Annex to review a draft plan for renovating the Hix Bridge Landing and boat ramp. The engineering and design process is funded by state grants and the Disability Commission. Public input is important for a final plan. Please attend or submit comments to westportlandingcommission@gmail.com

Project goals are:

  • an improved boat ramp (current ramp is damaged and at risk of failure);
  • a better, safer dock and float system that will speed up launching boats;
  • an improved parking lot that will no longer drain untreated stormwater runoff into the river;
  • handicapped parking and river access;
  • resistance to sea level increase.

A large print of the plan is posted next to the Town Clerk's office at Town Hall. A download of the plan is available here. After final plan approval by the Select Board, permitting and grant applications for construction will start.

Jeff B


The Landing Commissioners are in charge of overseeing these Landings.

Public Landings

Laid out by Proprietors of Dartmouth and found in Proprietors Records, these Landings were laid out between 1843 and 1851 and 1851 by the Town of Westport pursuant to Chapter 171 of the Acts of 1848.  A description of these landings as defined is on record with the Town Clerk. These landings are under the control of the Landing Commissioners and are subject to the by-laws of the Town of Westport for the Government of Public and Town Landings approved on June 1848 and June 28, 1889. The general public is entitled to use these landings on the same basis as the inhabitants of Westport.
1. Head of Westport (both sides); 2. Hix Bridge (west side); 3. Near Adamsville on the west side of the Acoaxet River; 4. East Beach near Dartmouth Line; and 5. Westport Point (east side of the road).

Town Landings
Acquired in various ways by the Town of Westport. Control and regulations are the same as public landings but inhabitants of Westport may be given preference over the general public.

1. Hix Bridge ( east side); 2. Horseneck Point Landing (Gooseberry Neck Bar); 3. Emma Tripp Landing (East Beach at the Let)  and 4. Central Wharf at Westport Point.

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