The Cape Cod Chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) is facing a permitting conflict for the public platform proposed for Mashpee River Woodlands.

At the Conservation Commission's meeting on September 18, commission chairman Steven Cook explained that the commission requested a notice of intent (NOI) filing “because of a coastal bank and the amount of disturbance and so forth.”

“They [NEMBA] came back and said they don’t have the resources for it, so they didn’t want to do that. We can talk about what we’d like to do as a commission,” Cook said.

Lev Malakhoff, vice president of the Cape Cod Chapter of NEMBA, proposed the 14x14-foot platform to be located at the Mashpee River Woodlands back in June. The platform would offer scenic views of the Mashpee woodlands, with

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