{
  "projectDescription": "Old Essex Road, an active municipal roadway across the Castle Neck River in Ipswich and Essex, Massachusetts, will be completely removed, restoring natural water flow to the upstream salt marsh. This will create new salt marsh, eliminate infrastructure flood risk, and demonstrate the region's first significant example of removal of an unneeded roadway as a sea level rise adaptation strategy.This project will assist the regional Parker-Ipswich-Essex Rivers Restoration Partnership in its efforts to implement a suite of coastal habitat restoration priorities focused on improving fish habitat in the Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The award will also add staff capacity to manage active and plan future restoration projects in the region.",
  "program": "BIL - THRR",
  "name": "Great Marsh (MA) Area of Critical Environmental Concern- Old Essex Road Removal",
  "id": "5472",
  "state": "Massachusetts",
  "state_abbr": "MA",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2025-11-17 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "36786",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2026-04-01 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Implementation",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "42.65462",
      "longitude": "-70.8069",
      "county": "Clark County",
      "city": "Cherry Grove",
      "congDistrict": "3",
      "riverBasin": "Lower Columbia",
      "huc": "171000000000"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "tidal wetland"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "heteroclitus",
      "genus": "Fundulus",
      "commonName": "Mummichog",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "menidia",
      "genus": "Menidia",
      "commonName": "Silverside, atlantic",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "Town of Ipswich"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ipswich River Watershed Association"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Hydrologic Restoration",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "242403",
      "name": "242403_OldEssexRd.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Undersized tidal crossing at old Essex Road in Ipswich and Essex, MA. This road will be turned into a dead end and the crossing will be fuully removed.",
      "credit": "Ipswich River Watershed Association",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Culvert removal"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "91BC65D2-1402-F111-8407-001DD803DE12",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2026-09-30 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "name": "Meaningful engagement is not planned",
      "category": "BIL/IRA Metrics - Meaningful Engagement"
    },
    {
      "quantity": "1,015.0",
      "units": "total number of hours",
      "name": "Job hours supported through BIL/IRA funding",
      "category": "Jobs Metrics"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2023",
      "noaaContribution": "329,500.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "BIL - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Round 1"
    }
  ]
}