Posted on October 6, 2025
Myrtle Beach, S.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, will begin mobilization for the Grand Strand Beach Renourishment Project in October 2025. Construction is scheduled to start in early December and is expected to be completed by mid-summer 2026
The project schedule is designed to avoid peak hurricane season and maintain steady progress toward on-time completion.
Renourishment work will begin in North Myrtle Beach in December 2025, proceed to the City of Myrtle Beach in February 2026, and conclude with Garden City and Surfside Beach beginning in April 2026. As with any large coastal project, the timeline remains subject to change due to weather conditions or equipment availability.
In December 2024, the Charleston District awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company to place two million cubic yards of material on Myrtle Beach, equivalent to 200,000 dump trucks, along 26 miles of coastline. The renourishment is funded entirely by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and will cost $72 million. The project will help reduce the risk to life and infrastructure behind the dunes along the Grand Strand.
Hurricane Ian struck Myrtle Beach and the South Carolina coast in September 2022 and Hurricane Debby in August 2024, causing severe erosion to the beach. The project performed as designed, reducing the damages to the infrastructure behind the beach.
There is an online tracker available on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston Districts website which will be updated daily to show the exact locations where the beach is being impacted by the project.
Link to tracker: https://arcg.is/1bbrfr3
