![]() “Anytime we can get sand it’s a good thing, especially since it’s coming from the harbor at no charge. “We’re pleased to have the sand,” said Caswell Beach town administrator Chad Hicks. The contractor will pass over the 400 block at Caswell, where sand is accreting and additional material isn’t needed. Weeks Marine will work 24 hours a day to put 1.14-million cubic yards of sand on the beach from just west of Fort Caswell to about SE 58th Street in Oak Island. The good news for two local communities is that high-quality sand is going back on the strand at Caswell Beach and Oak Island. ![]() That led project managers to seek a special, one-time exemption to allow dredging during May-August, a time when most beach work is not allowed because it could interfere with nesting sea turtles, a federally threatened species (see related story in this issue). Army Corps of Engineers offered the project in the fall of 2017. Parts of the inner ocean bar of the Wilmington Harbor are badly shoaled and maintenance dredging scheduled for winter 2016-17 didn’t happen because of a funding shortfall. started pumping sand onto the east end of Caswell Beach Sunday, the latest milestone in a effort to clear the shipping channel for large, transoceanic vessels. After about two weeks of on-site preparation, crews with Weeks Marine Inc.
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