CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: DE-AL
APPROPRIATION / PHASE: Construction, General
BUSINESS PROGRAM: Flood and Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (with Mitigation of Federal Navigation Project)
AUTHORITY: House Committee Resolution dated 1 October 1986. The Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ – Roosevelt Inlet-Lewes Beach, DE project was authorized for construction by Title I, Section 101 (a) (13) of WRDA 1999.
LOCATION: The project area is located along the Delaware Bay Coastline at Lewes Beach, Sussex County, Delaware.
DESCRIPTION: The plan proposed in the final feasibility report for the purposes of flood and coastal storm damage reduction and navigation mitigation is a 100-foot-wide berm at an elevation of +8.0 feet NAVD, and a dune at an elevation of +14.0 feet NAVD over a total project length of 1,400 feet. The selected plan includes dune grass, dune fencing and suitable advance beach fill and periodic nourishment every six years to ensure the integrity of the design. The plan also provides for reconstruction of the south jetty at Roosevelt Inlet.
PROJECT GOALS: The purpose of this project provides hurricane and coastal storm damage reduction and navigation mitigation at Roosevelt Lewes Beach, which includes dune grass, dune fencing, and suitable advance beach fill and periodic nourishment every six years.
SPONSOR: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
DATE OF PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT: 1 Nov 2002
TARGET COMPLETION DATE: 2053
PROJECT MANAGER: Peter Gori