OCEAN CITY -- The resort beach, still slowly recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy last fall and other strong storms throughout the winter, will be getting a much needed boost after the Army Corps of Engineers this week released a pre-solicitation notice for an extensive re-nourishment project that will ultimately pump a million cubic yards of sand onto the barrier island.
During Hurricane Sandy in late October, the Ocean City beaches took a huge hit with severe erosion and the destruction of much of the face of the extensive protective dune system. Some of the erosion has been corrected by natural processes over the course of the winter, but evidence of the storm still exists in many places, particularly in traditional narrow portions of the strand.
Almost immediately after the storm passed, Army Corps of Engineers officials out of the Baltimore District arrived in Ocean City to assess the damage and began to make determinations about what action would be needed to restore the damaged beaches.
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3 comments:
Don't forget to send the bill to the beach property owners!
I was at the beaches yesterday the first time since Sandy. I am afraid that there are spots on our beautiful coastline (seen in both Delaware and Maryland) that will not be able to take another hit without the whole town disappearing. It is really sad. A way of life is going to be lost forever. I don't think people should be funded to rebuild in places where they have already lost one home. History does repeat itself and we should learn from it.
I sure hurricane sandy did very little damage compared to Obama.
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