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Grass planting not a cap on dune height
While major construction in the beach reconstruction project in Bethany Beach has been completed for nearly three months, recent activity on the project has stirred concerns from some of the area’s residents and property owners, as the planting of beach grass and construction of dune crossovers began in the last week.
Beach construction nears Bethany's south end 10/26
Work on beach reconstruction in Bethany Beach neared completion of the initial construction phase mid-week, as workers from Weeks Marine approached Cedarwood Street at the town’s south end with efforts to widen the beach and build a new 16-foot-tall dune.
Replenishment finished on Bethany's north end - 10/19/2007
Beach reconstruction activity in Bethany Beach moved back to the south this week, as Weeks Marine completed construction of a new, wider beach and a new dune running from Hollywood Street to the town’s northern boundary at Fifth Street and a taper to the non-replenished private beach at Sussex Shores.
DNREC pushing for shorter dunes in Bethany - 10/12/2007
Bethany Beach residents and property owners continued this week to express concern over the impact of their new dune on the view from the town’s boardwalk, as work on the landmark 50-year beach reconstruction project moved to the north of the boardwalk.
Dune height causing a concern - 10/05/2007
Area residents and interested visitors have taken to gathering along Bethany Beach’s boardwalk over the last week, to watch the progress of the town’s beach reconstruction project. They’ve lined the railing at the eastern edge of the boardwalk to watch as the first portions of some 3.2 million cubic yards of sand are pumped onto the beach to create new dunes and a wider shoreline.
Area beaches soon to be reborn - 09/21/2007
A Weeks Marine hopper dredge is due to arrive off the coast of South Bethany late this week, ready to begin the work of pumping sand from the seabed at Hens and Chickens Shoals — considered one of the area’s best borrow sites for beach replenishment — onto Bethany Beach’s erosion-narrowed shore.
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