After weeks of storm delays, the first chunks of rocks and cement were clawed out of the earth at Squibnocket Beach Monday to start the public portion of the public/private project.

A superior court judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction to block the Squibnocket causeway project.
Almost two years after Chilmark voters backed a plan to restore the eroding Squibnocket Beach, the project remains mired in litigation.
A project to re-engineer the eroding shoreline at Squibnocket Beach has hit a new potential roadblock with a group of residents asking the state for further review.