Posted on March 10, 2025
Mobilization & Construction Progress
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) began pumping sand onto the beach on February 11th, across from Potato Road. Over the past three weeks, they have established the initial construction beach profile and extended the beach fill eastward towards Town Line Road. Although weather events have forced
temporary shutdowns, overall progress has been as expected. To date, GLDD has placed ~257,000 cubic yards of sand within the fill template (approximately 20% of the total project volume) and has completed fill placement from Potato Road to the eastern boundary of the project area at Town Line Road.
Poor weather conditions will pause dredging operations until this weekend, but GLDD has capitalized on the downtime by installing additional hardware and coordinating fill operations with local partners. Thanks to these efforts, once the Dredge Texas returns, it will be able to work more efficiently with minimal downtime given to re-locating pipelines and hoses.
Additionally, a second dredge is expected to arrive this weekend. GLDD’s Dredge Liberty Island is a hoppertype vessel that will begin pumping from the west end of the project area eastward and meet the Dredge Texas somewhere near the middle of the fill template. A portion of the additional pipeline placement and
coordination this week was completed to facilitate a quick start-up from the Liberty Island upon arrival.
