Last spring as the dredge operations were wrapping up, the dredge operator said to me, " See you next year." He was making fun of our effort to dredge without properly designing the structure of the breakwater to prevent a rapid shoaling of sand that would refill our channel. I guess he was right. This picture shows an area in the channel that is no more than six inches deep. The normal low tides associated with the winter solstice will expose the sand completely. This picture shows a large delta area building up and extending further out into the channel. There are two areas in the middle of the channel that my depth finder indicates are shoaling rapidly.
Belaire Environmental has been paid a lot of money for their design work, but this is not their specialty. They are good at securing permits, but the structural stuff is another story. I just hope our committee gets some information about the breakwater effectiveness before we again repair a section that is, in my opinion, of no real value.