Engineers’ vessel checks Island’s PSEG cable
Wondering about that boat that was plying the waters off the Heights Property Owners Corporation beach in recent years?
It’s the M/V Bella Marie, owned by S.T. Hudson Engineers of Cherry Hill, N.J. The company conducts in-water geophysical seismic surveying.
The M/V Bella Marie was performing hydrographic survey work within the navigable waters of the Peconic River, according to company Director of Surveys Steven MacDonald.
“We were performing an as-built conditions survey on the PSEG submarine power cables within the Peconic River, connecting Greenport and Shelter Island,” Mr. MacDonald said. A PSEG spokesman Wednesday night confirmed the New Jersey company was hired for a routine check of the location of the cabling that was installed in 2018.
The work started Aug. 31 and continued through Sept. 1.
The cables installed replaced aged cables which, without replacement, could have resulted in serious problems for Island power needs.
