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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District is currently working on a beach renourishment project to help provide protection against storm damage to people and property along the Grand Strand. Three million cubic yards of sand will be placed along the coast—that's enough sand to be placed on an area the size of a football field that would reach as high as the Empire State Building.
Garden City Beach/Surfside Beach has already received 750,000 cubic yards of sand over 7.7 miles. Myrtle Beach will receive 1.5 million cubic yards of sand over 9 miles. North Myrtle Beach will receive 750,000 cubic yards over 8.6 miles. The sand is being dredged from borrow sites about three miles offshore.
The Corps awarded a $29.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
Company in September 2007. The contractor began construction in November 2007.
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Due to flooding along the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company is currently aiding in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans emergency dredging project in the Mississippi Delta area. Due to scarce national dredging assets, the dredges being used for the Myrtle Beach Shore Protection Project are being used in this emergency effort.
The beach renourishment work will resume in late July at North Myrtle Beach. North Myrtle Beach renourishment essentially remained as originally scheduled—it was moved from August to late July. Myrtle Beach renourishment was moved from March-July to September-November.
The entire project will be completed by January 2009.
This is the first renourishment of the Grand Strand beaches by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since the original nourishment from 1996 to 1998 that placed 6.4 million cubic yards of sand at a cost of $51.3 million.
The project sponsors are Horry County, the City of Myrtle Beach, and the City of North Myrtle Beach. Funding is a combination of 100% Federal emergency funds of $14.7 million related to Hurricane Ophelia; the remainder is periodic renourishment funds that are cost-shared 65% Federal and 35% State and Local.
Congress authorized the project in the Water Resources Development Act of 1990. The 50-year project life allows for renourishment until 2046.
What to Expect During Beach Renourishment
• During active beach renourishment construction, over 99.5% of Grand
Strand beaches are open and available for the public to enjoy.
• The sand that is dredged offshore and placed on the beach frequently
contains large amounts of shells that visitors can enjoy.
• The construction contractor continuously moves along the beach during
construction, usually about 500 feet per day—but sometimes as much
as 1000 feet per day! That means that active construction that is fenced
off will typically only be directly in front of any particular building
for a day or two. Even then, the area fenced off is only about 200 yards
long so it's easy to go around the active construction area. Since rough
seas, equipment maintenance, and other factors affect the progress, there
is no way to predict months or weeks in advance exactly where will be active
construction.
• Pipelines running along the beach outside of the fenced area can
safely be crossed where the contractor places sand ramps over the pipes.
• Many people enjoy watching the construction activities and find
it interesting and educational.
• The contractor works 24 hours a day. There might be some construction
noise at night related to bulldozers.
• Even though there is an occasional minor inconvenience, it is for
a major long term benefit—to protect people and property from storm
damage.
