A resolution will be added to the Long Beach City Council agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, informing New York State that the city is ready to move forward with an U.S. Army Corps of Engineers storm protection project, the city announced on its website Tuesday.
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“Details will be presented at the meeting,” the announcement states. As of Tuesday at 1 p.m., the city hadn’t posted the additional resolution to its website.
But city officials revealed Monday that the Army Corps proposes to build a dune 16 feet above sea level that stretches from from East Atlantic Beach to Point Lookout. The dune will be built 11/2 feet lower than Long Beach’s newly proposed boardwalk, before retaining wall that will be build in front of the wood and concrete structure, according to Newsday.
The plan will use enough sand to raise the level of the beach, which is five feet above sea level, to between 8 to 10 feet, and at least half of the beach’s 32 jetties will be rebuilt. The plan would make Long Beach’s oceanfront an “engineered beach” that would require the Corps to replenish it if another Sandy-like storm hits the city, officials said.
The storm damage reduction project requires the approval of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County and New York State before it can commence.The Town announced Tuesday that it was the first municipality to authorize the plan.
“It’s gratifying that we continue to lead the way as the first locality to ‘sign-off’ on the project, and we encourage other governments to follow our pro-active agenda to protect area homes, businesses and people from flooding and other storm damage,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray said in a statement.
The City Council on Tuesday will also be asked to vote on a resolution to amend a contract with the Florida-based Coastal Planning and Engineering, hired by the city last December to assist with beach and coastal recovery efforts, to help restore the city’s dunes.
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