Nueces Bay Living Shoreline

Summary

The project will restore and protect 16,300 linear feet of shoreline along the Nueces Bay by constructing a living shoreline with a nearshore breakwater to slow down the process of erosion at the project site and to increase the resiliency of the area. The project will provide vital defense against hurricane induced wave action and water levels.  

Restoring and providing additional reinforcement of the shoreline would also help combat future issues related to storm surge, relative sea level rise and coastal erosion. The project would buffer storm surge from tropical storms and hurricanes, which would significantly reduce storm impact and damage to public access to the shoreline and asphalt bike/walking path, damage to critical Port infrastructure running parallel to the shoreline, and future road damages to the Joe Fulton Corridor, a critical evacuation route for the residents of the North Beach community and Port industrial facilities on the North side of Joe Fulton Corridor.