Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

Construction equipment pushes sand into an engineered beach template as part of the 2017 periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2013, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project. Sand is pumped through a basket on the beach as part of a screening system.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

The hydraulic cutterhead dredge Texas, owned and operated by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, dredges off of Cape May as part of a periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project in January of 2012.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2011-2012, USACE completed a periodic nourishment of the Cape May Inlet to Lower Township project (Photo from November of 2011).

Cape May City Beachfill Project

Tim Boyle

Wilmington Avenue Before and After - initial construction of an elevated 25 to 180-foot wide berm was completed in 1991 as part of the Cape May to Lower Township project. Cape May City beaches were often in a severely eroded state prior to the initial construction and periodic nourishments in subsequent years.

Before & After at Baltimore Avenue, Cape May, NJ

Tim Boyle

Before & After at Baltimore Avenue - USACE completed initial construction of an elevated 25 to 180-foot wide berm at Cape May in 1991. Cape May City beaches were in a severely eroded state prior to the initial construction and subsequent periodic nourishments.

Gurney Avenue Before and After

Tim Boyle

Gurney Avenue Before and After - initial construction of an elevated 25 to 180-foot wide berm was completed in 1991 as part of the Cape May to Lower Township project. Cape May City beaches were often in a severely eroded state prior to the initial construction and periodic nourishments in subsequent years.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

Tim Boyle

Before and After U.S. Coast Guard Property 2011 and 2012 - USACE completed a periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project in 2011-2012. The graphic shows the severely eroded condition prior to nourishment along a section of beach on U.S. Coast Guard Training Center property.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

Tim Boyle

In 2017, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project. Before and after photos of an area on U.S. Coast Guard property shows significant erosion prior to sand placement.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2007, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May Inlet to Lower Township project. The hopper dredge Atchafalaya, owned by Cashman Dredging, can be seen in Cold Spring Inlet.

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2017, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project (During Construction Photo from January of 2017).

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2017, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project (Photo from February of 2017).

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2017, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project (Photo from February of 2017).

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2017, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May to Lower Township project (Photo from February of 2017).

Cape May Inlet to Lower Township Coastal Storm Risk Management

USACE

In 2017, USACE completed periodic nourishment of the Cape May Inlet to Lower Township project (Photo from May of 2017).