ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District will soon begin a project on Breach Inlet that has been in the works for over a year.
“Between us and Sullivan’s and the Army Corps of Engineers, have been working, it’s really been probably about a year and a half on this project. We were hoping to have sand in place last fall, but just one delay after another so, again, hopefully this weekend it will happen,” said Isle of Palms Mayor Phillip Pounds.
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said they anticipate the work will begin this weekend and called it a ‘beneficial use project.’ According to officials, it is different than a beach renourishment project because they are not constructing a dry sand beach.
“We’re actually taking material out of an intercoastal waterway, placing it in an area where we have some suitable material and we’re going to place it in the surf zone at Sullivan’s Island and Isle of Palms and then allow nature to migrate and attach to the beach there, versus constructing a dry sand beach,” explained Jeff Livasy, the Chief of Civil Works for the Charleston District.