Dredging Department

Department of Dredging 
Barnstable County, Massachusetts


Dredge Staff

Ken Cirillo, Dredge Manager

Office: 508.375.3655 Mobile: 508.360.2275

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Jason Bevis, Dredge Superintendent

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Richard Randall, Maintenance Engineer

Tanner Dailey, Site Foreman

Chris Armstrong, Dredge Leverman

Cory Fleming, Dredge Leverman

Andrew Dipietro, Deckhand

Chris Wiinikainen, Deckhand

 County Administrator:

Jack Yunits

 508.375.6771

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VHF Hailing Channel
18

VHF Working Channel
18

Phone
508.375.3655

Fax
508-362-4136

Email
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Website
https://barnstablecounty.org/dredge/

Address
Barnstable County Dredge
Superior Courthouse
P.O. Box 427
Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630.


Barnstable County Dredge Program, Barnstable, Massachusetts

In 1993, Barnstable County conducted a needs assessment and cost benefit analysis of operating a municipal dredge program on behalf of the towns. This report documented that a County operated maintenance-dredging program would be both beneficial to the towns and cost effective to operate.

The County and its legislative delegation approached the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and requested financial assistance in the form of a $1 million capital grant for the purchase of a dredge and ancillary equipment. Prior to this grant, the state was responsible for funding 75% of the cost of municipal dredge projects and the town was responsible for the remaining 25%. However, funding constraints at the state level meant that much of the dredge work was not completed on a timely basis or was never accomplished. As stipulated in the grant Agreement, the provision of a capital grant replaces the state funding for municipal dredge projects here on the Cape.

The Barnstable County Dredge Advisory Committee was established in October of 1994. The Committee has representation from all of the Cape towns, except Brewster, which has no navigable harbors, DEM and County staff. The Advisory Committee is responsible for developing the dredge schedule and recommending the dredge rate each fiscal year.

The Barnstable County Dredge Codfish provides dredging service to towns at approximately 70% below the market rate. The dredged material has been used to successfully renourish many of the Cape's beaches, while at the same time allowing ease of navigation in several harbors and riverways.

The County Dredge Fleet

The County dredge fleet is comprised of:

The Cod Fish that was originally purchased in 1997 and has done most of the dredge work on Cape Cod. A second dredge, the Sand Shifter was added in 2017, and a third dredge the Cod Fish II was purchased in 2019, both from Ellicott Dredges. In addition, several work skiffs are also in operation.

In addition to the reduced rates for dredging services, the County conducts Pre & Post Dredge Surveys at a cost of approximately $6,000 per project. This additional service are invaluable records in the event of a damaging hurricane or other weather events for submission to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as documentation of storm damages and funding reimbursements.

In total, over the past 24 years, the County dredges have removed approximately 2.1 million cubic yards of material from 289 projects. 95% of that material went to rebuilding the beaches around Cape Cod. The County Dredge program on average provides dredge services at a rate of 65% below the market rate.

The Barnstable County Dredge Codfish provides dredging service to towns at approximately 70% below the market rate. The dredged material has been used to successfully renourish many of the Cape's beaches, while at the same time allowing ease of navigation in several harbors and riverways.


Cape Cod Fisherman's Alliance


Mass Environmental Police


U.S. Coast Guard
Cape Cod Office Contact Info


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
New England District
696 Virginia Road
Concord, MA 01742
978-318-8238
cenae-pa@usace.army.mil