AVALON – Business Administrator Scott Wahl told Avalon Borough Council Jan. 26 that the borough needed a backpassing effort to move sand from mid-borough beaches to eroded beach fronts in the north end, especially those from 11th to 13th streets.
The plan involved borrowing 60,000 cubic yards of sand under existing state permits and trucking the sand to the eroded areas.
Wahl said the project would probably begin in April, with a goal of having the effort completed by Memorial Day.
A federally sponsored hydraulic beach replenishment is scheduled for late winter 2022 or early spring 2023, Wahl said.
This discussion with the council occurred before the arrival of Winter Storm Kenan, which may have caused new damage to borough beaches.
