U.S Army Corp of Engineers: Duval County shore protection project ends in success

Duval County beach goers are now enjoying a newly engineered beach that improves the area's resiliency to wave action and reduces risk to infrastructure.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said contractors completed the dredge work last week, achieving the goal of restoring protection features prior to hurricane season, which stated June 1.

The Duval County shore protection project nourished eroded beaches and rebuilt dunes devastated by Hurricane Matthew's passing in October 2016.

The City of Jacksonville funded the additional dune work that included building dunes in Jacksonville, Neptune and a portion of Atlantic Beach.  

More than a million cubic yards of sand - equivalent to more than 2.7 billion pounds - was dredged, piped and tilled across about ten miles of county shoreline. Roughly 860,000 cubic yards went to building the beach and another 200,000 cubic yards went to rebuilding dunes. About 5,000 cubic yards of additional sand is currently stockpiled.  The city plans to truck-transfer it along the beach to repair specific areas of dune erosion generally between 18th and 27th Avenues South on Jacksonville Beach.  

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