Federal and state regulators are reviewing comments on a proposal to dredge a new channel for Pawleys Inlet and restore the beach at Prince George, including one from the National Marine Fisheries Service that the work be done in the fall rather than the summer.
A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said last week they had not “fully processed our next steps” toward deciding whether to hold a public hearing. The state Department of Environment Services previously said it had not yet decided whether to hold a hearing.
The project was first proposed in 2023 after Pawleys Inlet migrated south and Pawleys Creek eroded the beachfront at Prince George. Lawsuits filed by property owners at Prince George claimed the erosion was caused by a renourishment project on Pawleys Island that placed 1.1 million cubic yards of offshore sand on the beach in 2020…