We are the survey firm of record for an exciting project along the Long Island Sound shoreline. In 2019, Franklin Surveys performed a comprehensive topographic and bathymetric survey of the waterway corridor and provided the base mapping for the project.
This project, on the Waterford / New London town line, is part of an effort to remove a dam to allow Alewife (small herring fish) to move up the stream at the top of Alewife Cove. The Alewife population has been impacted by the construction of dams. The fish need to access these spawning waters from the Atlantic Ocean to Long Island Sound to Alewife Cove and ultimately to Fenger Brook. The alewife herring have been unable to access these waters due to the dam, which is now slated to be removed. Hopefully, this conservancy project will be successful.
