Surfside Beach & Dune Restoration

Summary

For the restoration of the shoreline, 140,000 cubic yards of sand were moved from a permitted site to Surfside beach and to grade it to create the new beach. Beach bull dozers were used to shape the coppice mounds. Native beach vegetation were planted on the mounds.

Basics

Brazoria
N/A
General Land Office
$2,500,000

Classification

  • CIAP
Dune Restoration

Timeline

completed
2012

Funding Sources

Source 1

Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Primary
Federal
$2,500,000
2008
2011

Contacts

Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact
Coastal Resources 1700 North Congress Ave Austin, Texas 78701 512.463.1192 800.998.4456