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To that end, he proposed putting $33 million toward identifying significant properties, disaster recovery, flood mitigation and beach renourishment.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Past beach widening projects have often not lasted for the full three-year period before they qualify for renourishment by the government, and some wash away in as little as a year.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

The renourishment at Ocean City was completed in December.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

Gardner said the Corps of Engineers occasionally hears complaints linking beach renourishment to injuries or rip currents, but the agency has “no data that shows there’s any correlation.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

The Corps of Engineers has ordered a new beach survey along Folly Beach as the first step in determining whether the small beach renourishment project will be funded.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2015