HISTORIC LEWES MARSHES
TO FILL OR NOT TO FILL
According to Dr. James E.
Marvil, president of the Lewes Historical Society, the society
and older Lewes citizens
oppose a plan by the Lewes Town Commission Board to fill in the
Lewes
Beach historic salt marshes
and use the land for a housing development. The Lewes beach
belongs
to the Town of Lewes ,
having been left to the old town by William Penn and his son John
for
its general public good and
welfare. Today, the town receives land rent for lots occoupied by
buildings and now want
additional revenue from buiding lots that would result from filling
in the
marsh land between the
canal and Cedar Avenue, a considerable acreage.
Plans call for a four lane
highway from Market Street to Roosevelt Road's and a bridge
across the canal at New
Road.
A prime consideration is
the value of the marshes as a wildlife refuge where thousands of
migatory shore birds
nest . The open reaches permit the bay breezes which also allow
for cooling
of the town during summer
heat. Dr. Marvil insist there are plenty lots avlilable near the
ferry
docks and the area now used
as a city dump which is higher ground.
Source: Salisbury Daily
Times , February 3, 1967, Salisbury, Maryland
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