Next step in relocating Gay Head Light involves intensive archeological survey.
The project to move the Gay Head Light will bypass a major hurdle in the regional planning process. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission decided Thursday that the project will not need review as a development of regional impact, or DRI.
The Aquinnah planning board review committee had referred the project to the MVC in September due to the archeological sensitivity of the site. But the committee had recommended that the MVC not review the project, since local, state and federal processes were already in place to protect any archeological resources.
“We feel there are more than adequate measures in place to deal with the concerns that you would have,” said Aquinnah planning board chairman Peter Temple who attended the MVC meeting Thursday night along with town administrator Adam Wilson.