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Uploaded by on Feb 2, 2009

THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS RAISING THE ELEVATION OF A QUARTER MILE STRETCH OF BEACH IN NEW JESERY. THIS 24/7 OPERATION NOT ONLY PROTECTS AGAINST STORM DAMAGE BUT ALSO PROVIDES FOR RECREATION. MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF STRINGENTLY SCREEND SAND, PLACED IN THE COLD OF WINTER, WILL MAKE FOR A SURFIN' SUMMER THAW.

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  • @JJweber The surfing feature was the transport of sand by transetory bars off the tip of the fill. The bars weren't as large as the they had hoped - I'll give you that. However, LB was scheduled to be renourished anyways. Many coastal communities are renourished every 10yrs or so. When it's a linear fill, most people don't notice it. However, the localized fill garnered a lot of attention. But the fill was MEANT to erode and go N.

    Also I have survey data that says it lasted more than 2 days.

  • @mynameisBRay That feeder beach lasted for all of two days. Long enough for it to be on the cover of the Tri-City News. The hope was to create a surfing feature but it never happened. It cost the taxpayers of NJ an extra $1 million. They should get their money back.

    This fill would not be needed at all if they had not developed "The Rennassiance" an area that used to be called the Pit. The Pit was a nice wide beach that didn't need any protection.

  • @JJweber

    Actually feeder beach was installed. It was a 100' wide trapezoidal feature, installed toward the south end of Ocean Ave. The point of it was to allow sand to migrate northward and "feed" the rest of the beach. If you go up to Pier Village, a lot of the sand there now was originally part of the feeder beach. As for the 4' scarp, that's how beaches respond to storms. Calm weather brings the sand back.

  • this is such crap. There is no feeder beach there. Worse yet there is a 4 foot cliff down near the water.. nice job Army Corps.

    Looks like the same old same old. Straight line beach steep drop off near the water.

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