South Padre Island Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (FY2024 event)

Summary

Ongoing nourishment of a segment of beach within the City of South Padre Island corporate limits through beneficial use of dredge material associated with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintenance dredging of the Brazos Island Harbor (Brownsville Ship Channel) jetty and entrance channel segments. The City has focused its renourishment efforts on areas that are known as erosive hot spots. This funding will allow for the use of borrowed material from the Brazos Santiago Jetty and Entrance Channels to be used within these eroding areas which start near the center of the City and continue north. This area, which is roughly 9,000 linear feet, is known to experience dune scarping from high tides and has lost a considerable amount of beach from 2019 to 2021.