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USACE districts across the South Atlantic Division are hard at work strengthening coastlines, protecting communities and improving vital beach intrastructure. Charleston District has completed the first phase of the Grand Strand Renourishment Project in North Myrtle Beach. Over 49 days, crews placed more than 672,000 cubic yards of sand along eight miles of shoreline. Work… Read More
The section of coastline from the Point to the Cherry Grove Pier will still receive dune restoration despite being excluded from a federally funded beach renourishment project, according to the city of North Myrtle Beach. The city of North Myrtle Beach will fund its own project: the Tidewater Spoils Basin Restoration. The city’s engineering consultant… Read More
OCEAN CITY, NJ – Federal and local leaders gathered along the Jersey shore Friday to see firsthand the ongoing beach erosion impacting communities and to discuss new funding plans aimed at long-term solutions. What we know US Representative Jeffery Van Drew and a top Army Corps of Engineers leader toured Ocean City, Strathmere, Avalon and North Wildwood… Read More
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Van Drew, along with Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY), introduced H.R. 7459, the Coastal Trust Fund Act, which would create a reliable, long-term funding source for coastal protection projects nationwide. “My bipartisan Coastal Trust Fund Act sets up a permanent and reliable funding stream for coastal storm risk management projects like beach nourishment,” said Congressman… Read More
Last month, Manson’s cutter suction dredge H.R. MORRIS departed Channel Islands Harbor to begin work on the Ventura Harbor Maintenance Dredging project in Ventura, CA. This project entails the annual maintenance dredging of federal navigation channels and sand traps within Ventura Harbor. The dredged material will be placed along South Jetty Beach, a vital area… Read More
The Brief Crews have begun a long-awaited dredging project at John’s Pass in Madeira Beach to remove thousands of cubic yards of sand that officials say created dangerous conditions. The project will eliminate a small beach that formed under the bridge, an area described by local leaders as a hotspot for water rescues. State funding… Read More
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management has issued a permit to Dare County for a beach nourishment project planned for this summer at Buxton. The division also announced Wednesday that it had issued a letter to the county affirming that the proposed work to rebuild one of three groins near… Read More
By Isreal Hale, Delaware Public Media Dewey Beach is moving forward with a flood pump project in collaboration with the Army Corps. Dewey Beach’s bay side remains the town’s most problematic flood zone. Dewey, along with Rehoboth Beach, were due for preventative beach renourishment from the Army Corps of Engineers this year. ““And that actually,… Read More
By Jeff Van Sant TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Pinellas County’s massive beach nourishment effort is now complete, restoring miles of shoreline damaged during the 2024 hurricane season and giving coastal communities renewed hope heading into the next storm cycle. The $125 million project began in September, with crews pumping and placing sand along the county’s beaches… Read More
By Reid Campbell ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Marylanders had their second chance to provide input on Bay Bridge construction on Tuesday. The first in-person meeting was held as the Maryland Transportation Authority studies traffic on the bridge. It’s part of a wider project to make the Bay Bridge safer after the Key Bridge collapse. The project could create major traffic issues, and… Read More
OCEANSIDE — The City Council agreed in a 4-1 vote last week to pilot shifting the schedule of its annual sand dredging project from the spring to the fall, in an attempt to more effectively retain sand on city beaches. Under the annual sand dredging program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pulls up sand… Read More
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Mobilization is underway for a long-awaited dredging project at John’s Pass in Madeira Beach. The work comes four years after the city first received state funding. Over the next couple of months, crews will be removing sand built up along the north end of John’s Pass under the bridge and up to… Read More
By Eric Richards MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The city of Myrtle Beach is launching a beach renourishment project in the Arcadian Shores area, marking the first time the area has received sand pumping. The city partnered with Horry County on the project, which is separate from the federal renourishment project underway in the Grand… Read More
By Kerry Sheridan In an update Jan. 27, the county said the dredging of high spots began in December and is going well, but the next stage could be delayed until the end of this year as it seeks more environmental permits. In December, a long-awaited project began to dredge parts of Phillippi Creek, a major… Read More
By Paige Meyer | Jack Wu | Grace Bellinghausen FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Homeowners along South Beach in Fort Pierce say they are increasingly concerned that ongoing beach erosion could soon begin to damage, or even destroy, their homes. Commissioner Matthew Broderick told CBS12 that the City of Fort Pierce is now in a state of emergency as St…. Read More