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Montauk Inlet Dredging Tailored, Meaning Less New Beach for Soundview

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The Army Corps of Engineers is redesigning its plans for dredging Montauk Inlet and says that it will only be able to rebuild about 1,200 feet of beach west of the inlet with the sand taken out of the inlet, rather than more than 3,000 feet it had hoped. Surveys of the shoal inside the inlet revealed that large boulders will make it too difficult to remove sand from an area inside the harbor. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Army Corps of Engineers is redesigning its plans for dredging Montauk Inlet and says that it will only be able to rebuild about 1,200 feet of beach west of the inlet with the sand taken out of the inlet, rather than more than 3,000 feet it had hoped. Surveys of the shoal inside the inlet revealed that large boulders will make it too difficult to remove sand from an area inside the harbor. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Army Corps of Engineers is redesigning its plans for dredging Montauk Inlet and says that it will only be able to rebuild about 1,200 feet of beach west of the inlet with the sand taken out of the inlet, rather than more than 3,000 feet it had hoped. Surveys of the shoal inside the inlet revealed that large boulders will make it too difficult to remove sand from an area inside the harbor. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Army Corps of Engineers is redesigning its plans for dredging Montauk Inlet and says that it will only be able to rebuild about 1,200 feet of beach west of the inlet with the sand taken out of the inlet, rather than more than 3,000 feet it had hoped. Surveys of the shoal inside the inlet revealed that large boulders will make it too difficult to remove sand from an area inside the harbor. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Mar 13, 2024
The dredging of Montauk Inlet, which has been pushed back repeatedly over the years, has been delayed again until at least the fall, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... more

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