The City of West Haven is using a $1.25 million grant, received from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, to replenish beach sand on Beach Street and control beach erosion on Ocean Avenue.
“ This grant will enable the city to finance two essential beach infrastructure projects at no cost to West Haven taxpayers ,” Mayor Edward M. O’Brien said.
“ These projects will restore areas of our publicly accessible shoreline that were decimated by nor’easters and storms, such as Tropical Storm Irene and Superstorm Sandy.”
On January 26, O’Brien signed a contract with Waters Construction Co. to replenish a 500-foot stretch of beach along Beach Street with 24,000 tons of white beach sand from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The beach, across from the recently shuttered Chick’s Drive-in at 183 Beach St., has awaited an extensive repair ever since it was destroyed by the one-two punch of Irene in 2011 and Sandy in 2012.
The contractor is required to complete the $800,000 project by March 15, according to a permit the city secured from the Army Corps of Engineers.
Quadir said the city also obtained a permit from DEEP for the work, which is expected to begin shortly.
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