A pilot project aimed at erosion control on the West End is on schedule to be finished in early October, a county official said Wednesday. The sand sock will snake in front of a row of high-dollar homes that are threatened by coastal erosion. Officials hope a combination of the sand sock and reconstruction projects in front of it will provide a lasting solution to one of the region's most persistent problems. Then a larger cloth tube is run across the top of the scour pad. As front-end loaders dump tons of sand into metal hoppers, water is pumped from the Gulf and mixed into a slurry which is then pumped into the tubes.
People put up money for it, and they want to see it work.
Once the tube is completed, city and county crews will dump sand on top of it. Then vegetation will be planted along the top of the dune, Brown said. After the completion of the Pirate's Beach project, the county will prepare for a similar one on Bolivar Peninsula that will at least run on either side of Rollover Pass. Today, the county commissioners court extended the possible scope of that project to include much of the peninsula as far north of Dirty Pelican Pier. The county doesn't have the resources for a project that size, but it wants to ensure that it can build it if the money becomes available.