Project Description
This study is a continuation of a project from Cycle I, which estimated the economic and environmental benefits of 23 Cycle 1 projects.
This study is a continuation of a project from Cycle I, which estimated the economic and environmental benefits of 23 Cycle 1 projects.
The project included an alternatives analysis to provide stabilization and restoration of the eroding bay shoreline.
The project beneficially used beach-quality sand dredged from Brazos-Santiago Pass by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during maintenance dredging of the Brownsville Ship Channel on South Padre Island.
This project nourished 2,000 feet of Gulf-facing beach along South Padre Island.
This project consisted of dune restoration in numerous areas of the county beach and beach nourishment for approximately 2,000 feet of South Padre’s heavily used beach, completed in April 2001.
This beach nourishment project at South Padre Island utilized beach quality sand dredged from the Brazos-Santiago Pass by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in December 2000.
The project stabilized approximately 270 feet of bulkhead to protect the road and prevent premature silting of an adjacent marina basin.
This project constructed a bulkhead to protect approximately 1,025 feet of heavily used city park shoreline.