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WHEN WILL IT BE OUR TURN?
THAT'S A QUESTION
RESIDENTS IN THE
CHICKS BEACH SECTION OF
ANSWERED ABOUT
SAND REPLENISHMENT
PROGRAMS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ART
KOHN HAS BEEN WORKING
THIS STORY THE LAST
TWO DAYS. ART, PEOPLE
ALONG THE BAY THERE HAVE
GOOD REASON TO BE
CONCERNED.
TOM, EROSION IS A PROBLEM
FOR AT LEAST THREE
BAY-FRONT COMMUNITIES
IN THAT AREA, BUT
CHESAPEAKE BEACH, WHERE
THE BRIDGE TUNNEL BEGINS,
DEFINATELY THE AREA WITH
THE MOST SEVERE EROSION.
I MET TODAY WITH THE
CITY'S COASTAL ENGINEER
WHO SAYS RELIEF IS COMING
BUT NOT RIGHT AWAY.
IT IS ONE STRETCH OF
THREE BAY-FRONT
COMMUNITIES.
"OCEAN PARK BEACH,
BAYLAKE PINES BEACH AND
THEN CHESAPEAKE BEACH AT
THE VERY WEST END. AH,
GOING ALL THE WAY TO
LITTLE CREEK."
IT IS HERE WHERE THE BAY
IS GOING ALL THE WAY TO
THE EDGE OF BEACH
"THAT AREA HAS SUFFERED
LONG- TERM EROSION. THE
SHORELINE HAS
RETREATING."
"ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT
ANOTHER BIG STORM OR TWO
MORE BIG
STORMS THIS WINTER AND
THEN YOU'VE GOT A
PROBLEM?
"YES. AH VERY MUCH A
RESIDENT, NOEL
FAISON LIVES IN BAYLAKE
PINES, A PRIVATE BEACH.
"THERE ARE LANDOWNERS
THAT SHOW
THEIR PROPERTY EXTENDING
OUT ONTO THE BEACH AND
THAT DOES
PREVENT US FROM DOING A
PUBLIC PROJECT THERE."
THERE ARE PRIVATELY OWNED
BEACH
AS WELL, BUT A NUMBER OF
AGREED TO
WORK WITH THE CITY TO
MAKE THE BEACH PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, THAT PROCESS IS
STILL UNDERWAY.
"WHICH UNFORTUNATELY CAN
TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
THERE
ARE A LOT OF OWNERS
INVOLVED.." CITY COUNCIL
HAS GONE AHEAD WITH A
PROJECT TO LOCATE A SAND
SOURCE TO SUPPLY THE
REPLENISHMENT.
"AND THEY FOUND A PERFECT
SAND SOURCE SO WERE
HOPEFUL TO BE ABLE
TO GET THROUGH THE
REAL-ESTATE ISSUE THERE
GETTING ENVIRONMENTAL
PERMITS."
ALL THIS IS EXPECTED TO
TAKE ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
OCEAN PARK BEACH
TO THE EAST COULD BENEFIT
FROM A NAVIGATIONAL
PROJECT CONDUCTED BY THE
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
IN THE LYNNHAVEN INLET AS
EARLY AS MARCH.
"BOTH THE INLET NEEDS TO
BE DREDGED AND THE BEACH
NEEDS TO BE
REPLENISHED..." BUT THAT
PROJECT NEEDS FEDERAL
FUNDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS DOES RECEIVE
FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONDUCT
THE BEACH REPLENISHMENT
THAT HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL
IN FIGHTING
EROSION IN THE RESORT
LYNNHAVEN IS FOR
NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. A
COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT
ALLOWS THEM TO DUMP THAT
SAND AT OCEAN PARK BEACH.
THAT IS ONCE CONGRESS
AGREES TO PAY FOR IT.
ART KOHN, 10 ON YOUR