Coastal erosion leaves Saint John, N.B. residents on the brink
Global News
A storm in December has left residents in a coastal Saint John, N.B., neighborhood looking for government assistance to keep their homes intact.
When Dana Bagley looks at his harbourside property in Saint John, N.B., he’s less positive than he was in 1998, the year he purchased it.
“Well, just discouraged I guess. Kinda heartbreaking,” Bagley reflected.
Coastal erosion has taken bites out of Bagley’s property line.
The most recent event, a mid-December storm, destroyed his fence, leaving his shed as a potential victim for whenever Mother Nature strikes next.
“I didn’t even go out to look. I was so disheartened. I could see the fence had all fallen in this way, and I knew what it was going to look like,” he remarked.
Bagley said previous discussions with the City of Saint John proved to be uneventful.
As a result, he has hired construction crews on multiple occasions to move the boulders that support his yard.
A stone’s throw away, on municipal property, large rocks have been placed to protect the land from the tides.
