Beach Nourishment
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Santa Barbara County beach nourishment operations
Due to emergency storm response and beach nourishment operations, Santa Barbara County (CA) will close the eastern end of Goleta Beach Park and Goleta Pier beginning February 20, 2024. “Site preparation is expected to begin on 2/13, and operations will start on 2/20. There may be intermittently clos
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Solana Beach replenishment halfway complete
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District said that the dredging operations and sand replenishment works at Solana Beach are about halfway complete. The project, which reduces coastal storm damage and erosion along a 7,200-foot-long stretch of shoreline, includes construction of a 150-f
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USACE Wilmington District: Spotlight on beach nourishment
USACE Wilmington District Project Manager, Brennan Dooley, met with Cape Fear Academy’s Dynamic Coastal Studies class earlier this week to discuss beach renourishment. Brennan met Ms. Rienks’s class on Wrightsville Beach to get a close look at what beach renourishment looks like. “He taught them abo
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Moray Council OKs coastal protection works for Kingston
A 500mm high shingle bank is being built by Moray Council in a bid to reduce flood erosions in Kingston. The ridge with naturally sloping sides will run from the west side of Lein Car Park to the east end of the green space, tying back into the main shingle ridge at the lagoon, said […]
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Mounts Bay beach nourishment halfway through
The Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority is making great progress with Mounts Bay Beach Nourishment Project. “We’re halfway through our beach nourishment works at Mounts Bay, and things are progressing well,” the Authority said in the update. Approximately 20,000 cubic meters of sand has alrea
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Dredge Ellis Island kicks off FIMP beach nourishment
The the Town of East Hampton said that the 480-foot-long dredge Ellis Island is in the area and the beach nourishment portion of the Fire Island To Montauk Point project (FIMP) is officially underway. The FIMP is designed to manage the risk of coastal storm damage along Long Island’s Atlantic Coast
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Beach nourishment at Emerald Isle VIDEO
The Town of Emerald Isle, NC, has just released a video update on the Bogue Inlet dredging and beach nourishment project. The project, which kicked off on January 1, 2024, is being coordinated by the Army Corp of Engineers and Carteret County. Currently, the Army Corps contractor is dredging approxi
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Dredging at Solana Beach in full swing
Dredging operations and sand replenishment project at Solana Beach is now underway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District said. The project, which mitigates coastal storm damage and sand erosion, includes construction of a 150-foot-wide beach fill along a 7,200-foot-long stretch of
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Friends of the Everglades: Shoreline armoring protects private property over public beaches
Friends of the Everglades has joined the Surfrider Foundation, Center for Biological Diversity and the Sea Turtle Conservancy in signing onto the following letter in opposition to to the Extension of the Hurricane Restoration Reimbursement Grant Program. According to the Friends, the program in ques
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Topsail beachfill project coming along nicely
The Town of Topsail Beach, NC, has just announced that great progress is being made on the town’s 2023 Beach, Inlet, Sound Maintenance Project. Norfolk Dredging began placing sand on the beach in November and besides a few pauses due to weather, the project has been operating continuously since then
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Sea Girt beachfill project in full swing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently began work on the Sea Girt (NJ) beach replenishment project. The project, which kicked off in early January, will provide much needed sand and storm protection to the south end of town. The contractor, Weeks Marine has so far filled the beaches of Trenton an
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Shifting Shoreham shingle to Lancing beaches
Important shingle replenishment work started on the beach between Shoreham and Lancing earlier this month. According to the Environment Agency, this work will help give better protection to local communities from coastal flooding this winter. Recent storms eroded away some of the shingle beach in La
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Reducing coastal erosion at Mounts Bay
In response to the escalating impacts of coastal erosion at Mounts Bay, Victoria, a significant beach nourishment project is set to begin, aiming to bolster the resilience of the dunes in the area. For approximately 3 weeks, the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority will be delivering sand from
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Restoring popular Outer Banks beaches
The Outer Banks are a string of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. Commonly referred to as “OBX” by locals and tourists, these islands are one of the most popular tourist destinations on the East Coast, boasting more than 5 million visitors each year, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management