Bald Head Island Beach Renourishment Demonstrates Long-Term Terminal Groin Success

摘要

Under an $11.7 million contract, Marinex Construction Company of Charleston, South Carolina, began dredging in mid-January for a project on Bald Head Island in North Carolina. The company is moving sand from Jaybird Shoals to shore to both protect a rock groin and to add material to South Beach. Using its 250-foot long, 24-inch cutter suction dredge Savannah, Marinex will remove an average of 10,000 cubic yards per day for a total of 1.1 million cubic yards from Jay Bird Shoals, which is a sand deposit that sits about a mile and a half from the beach placement area.