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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District has awarded a $23.5 million contract to Norfolk Dredging for dredging and beach nourishment works in North Carolina.
Overall, the Carolina Beach and Kure Beach work will include dredging, transporting, placing, planting and shaping beach fill and performing all pre and post construction beach surveys.
In total, the contractor will use a cutter suction dredge to pump approximately 1,500,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand onto the Carolina and Kure Beach.
The Carolina Beach and Kure Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management project has an estimated completion date of April 30, 2026.