Summary
Through a collaboration between the Corps, Galveston County, and the GLO, approximately 105,000 cubic yards of beach quality sand dredged from an annual maintenance dredging of the Rollover Bay Reach of the GIWW was placed onto 1,200 feet of beach to renourish Caplen Beach immediately west of Rollover Pass, an area that has experienced historical erosion rates of up to nine feet per year.
Basics
Galveston
N/A
Galveston County
$1,113,000
Classification
- CEPRA
- Federal
Beach Nourishment with Beneficial use of Dredged Material
Timeline
completed
2012
Funding Sources
Source 1
1519
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Primary
State
$48,575
07
2012
Source 2
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Primary
Federal
$3,332,816
Source 3
Galveston County
Secondary
County
$16,192
Contacts
Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact