Charlotte County completed its first major Erosion Control Project along three miles of critically eroding beaches adjacent to Stump Pass. This dual purpose project includes beach restoration and navigation components. The beach restoration component consists of placing 560,000 cubic yards of sand on Knight and Don Pedro Islands' gulf-front shoreline to restore the recreational beach, create new habitat for nesting turtles and shore birds, and provide storm protection for the upland... [more]
Marco Island Before and After
Project Type:
Beach Renourishment and Coastal Structures
CEC teamed to complete the conceptual design of the South Marco Renourishment Project. This project is in support of the original beach nourishment project performed by CEC that included comprehensive services to search, locate and identify sand and mixed sediment resources and to design and permit beach/dune nourishment restoration, inlet navigation, terminal groins, marsh creation, and ecosystem restoration projects via dredging and placing millions of yards of sediments.
Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc. (CEC) was hired to assist Charlotte County in completing the Stump Pass Inlet Management Study. The purpose of the study was to acquire and analyze inlet system data and recommend long-term management alternatives for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in support of their formulation of a Strategic Beach and Inlet Management Plan for the region.
Upon analysis of the physical inlet characteristics including beach... [more]
The Pass Chaland to Grand Bayou Pass Barrier Shoreline Project is on the Gulf shoreline in Plaquemines Parish, Barataria Basin, Louisiana. Wetland, beach, dune, and marsh habitats within the project area have undergone substantial loss due to oil and gas activities, subsidence, sea level rise, and storm erosion. Development of fragmentary islands caused by breaches in the barrier islands and subsequent inlet formations have resulted from increased tidal prism storage and storm related impacts... [more]
