February 20, 2016 3:09 p.m.
Editor’s Note: City Manager Dale Martin sent the following update from Erik Olsen of Olsen Associates, Inc. coastal engineers overseeing the current dredging project taking place on the beaches of Fernandina Beach.
“Based upon the info shared with us by the COE today, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co believes that the completion of this First Phase– 2016 disposal project may end about 5ooo ft southward of their location today, or Baseline sta 175+00.
The estimated date of completion of beach disposal is the 2nd or 3rd week in March. I also believe that about two thirds of the way through this disposal project you will notice the placement of a finer grained material excavated from a location more farther westward of the current dredge cut.
Just in case someone notices and asks. As you witnessed today, the current sediment mix is very coarse, shelly and orange in color. As such it is ideal beach fill.
At this juncture I am very pleased with the prosecution of the work by the Contractor pursuant to the plans. That is to say, the sand is being placed as a designed fill in contrast to just a disposal berm.”
sharks teeth?
Always see the shark hunters combing through the newly deposited sand when the dredgers move to the next section.