Bolivar Peninsula Beach & Dune Restoration Design and Engineering Project

Summary

The scope of this project is to develop focused beach nourishment engineering design specifications for incorporation into an ongoing Galveston County effort to obtain a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit amendment. This permit amendment is needed to authorize the construction of beach nourishment to alleviate tidal impacts threatening the State Highway 87 eastern terminus on Bolivar Peninsula near High Island. The beach nourishment engineering design specifications under this project are focused on an approximately 21,100 linear-foot segment of the Bolivar Gulf-facing shoreline beginning at the Galveston- Chambers County line and extending west toward Gilchrist. This represents a segment of shoreline where tides come closest to Hwy. 87 on a recurring basis. Ultimate benefits from this beach nourishment design work would include protection of the peninsula’s only hurricane evacuation route.