Posted on February 18, 2026
By Morgan Baker
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The U.S. Army Corps beach renourishment is set to begin this week in Myrtle Beach, but it will not include the Arcadian Shores area, as the city of Myrtle Beach and Horry County are performing their own renourishment efforts in that area.
According to an engineer with Horry County government, Andrew Markunas, the county is investing $4.8 million to renourish one mile of shoreline from Singleton Swash to Apache Pier.
The city of Myrtle Beach is partnering with the county, contributing an additional $4.9 million to the project, to include portions of the beach within the city’s limits.
The U.S. Army Corps Beach Renourishment Project Manager, Sonja Carter, said the area of Arcadian Shores is outside of the Corps’ authorized project limits and not part of the federally funded project.
“Our project covers the federal footprints. Arcadian Shores is not part of that project; however, our non-federal sponsors, we work really closely with them,” Carter said. “So it saves taxpayer dollars to have these projects done concurrently, instead of you know, paying additional.”
Carter said the Arcadian Shores renourishment will occur at the same time as the Corps project and the projects will use the same contractor. So, once the contractor finishes the area from 63rd to 52nd Avenue North, they’ll do the renourishment in Arcadian Shores, before moving on to finish off the southern end of Myrtle Beach.
Residents in the Arcadian Shores area, Paul and Annette Kennedy, shared their opinion on the project.
“We thank the county for doing it, we really appreciate it. I think it will be wonderful, it will make Myrtle Beach better than what it is,” Annette said.
“We’re looking forward to it,” Paul said. “Too many times our pools get flooded, so, now if they build up the dunes and make them actual workable dunes, that’d be great for everything.”
Another locally funded project is set to take place in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach.
According to North Myrtle Beach’s public information officer, Gianna Forbes, the city will be performing their tidewater storm basins restoration, from the Cherry Grove Pier to The Point.
Back in January, News13 spoke with the U.S. Army Corps about concerns residents in the area had with their portion of beach being passed over.
“The city has a project coming up in the future to put sand in this location, so that was one of the things that kind of fit into that,” Carter said. “So, it’s not really cost-effective and a good use of taxpayer dollars if you will, to place sand where sand is going to be placed in the future.”
Forbes said the city of North Myrtle will be taking sand stockpiled in the spoils basin from the dredging project in 2025 and transporting it to the beach to restore the dunes as material allows.
According to Markunas, the beach renourishment in Arcadian Shores is expected to begin within the next three to four weeks and is anticipated to take 30 days to complete.
