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The City of Gulf Shores (AL) new update shows that remarkable progress has been made on the town’s beach restoration project.
“ In just over a week since dredging commenced, an impressive 237,178 cubic yards of sand have been meticulously restored to our beautiful beaches ,” the City said in the update. “ The dedicated crews are consistently delivering an average of 31,000 cubic yards of sand each day and working 24/7 to complete this project as quickly as possible .”
Today crews will wrap up the western section of Segment 1, stretching from 900 West Beach to W 12th Street, and move on to the eastern section, from 900 West Beach to Gulf Place.
In total Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company will place over 2 million cubic yards of sand along five segments of the shoreline from Laguna Key westward to the AL/FL State Line on Perdido Key.