SANDAG shoreline management and getting to the 2012 Regional Beach Sand Project

摘要

In July 1993, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) adopted a long-term vision for restoring the region's beaches known as the "Shoreline Preservation Strategy for the San Diego Region" (Strategy). Since that time, the region has been working to implement our shared vision through beach nourishment. Additionally, SANDAG initiated the Regional Shoreline Monitoring Program (Monitoring Program) in 1996. This comprehensive approach to monitoring the shoreline provides data that can document changes to the shoreline over time and provides important information to decision-makers when beach replenishment efforts are contemplated. In 2001 SANDAG implemented the first-of-its-kind regional sand restoration project in the western United States. The 2001 Regional Beach Sand Project (RBSP) placed a total of 2.1 million cubic yards of clean, beach-quality sand on 12 receiver sites from Oceanside to Imperial Beach. The sand was dredged from six ocean floor sand borrow sites located up to a mile offshore. This pilot project demonstrated the feasibility of beach replenishment in the region without adversely impacting the environment. Building upon the success of the 2001 RBSP, SANDAG is embarking on a second RBSP in the summer of 2012 to replenish eight receiver sites. It is believed thatsmall-scale projects, such as maintenance efforts and opportunistic nourishment, along with intermittent large-scale projects, such as SANDAG's 2001 and 2012 RBSPs, will aid the region in maintaining and restoring the region's beaches into the future.