The district engineer developed a plan for protecting and improving 

 the shores, comprising restoration of tiie beach to a width of 300 feet 

 between the boardwalk or biilkhead and the high water line by artificial 

 deposit of s and, and stone extensions of 7 existing groins, and made an 

 economic analysis of proposed protective measures. He found that the 

 benefits from prevention of damages, increased earning power of land and 

 recreational benefits of the proposed work warrant the adoption of the 

 project of protection and improvement, ^e concluded that the public 

 interest therein warrants Federal participation to the extent of one- 

 third of the cost applicable to the publicly owned shore in accordance 

 with the policy established by Public Law 727, 79th Congress. The 

 division engineer concurred in the views and recommendations of the 

 district engineer. 



The Beach Erosion Board concurred in the opinion of the reporting 

 officers that the prospective benefits warrant the expenditure for suit- 

 able protective and improvement measures. In accordance with existing 

 statutory requirements, the Board stated its opinion that: 



a. It is advisable for the United States to adopt a project 

 authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting and improving 

 the shore of Ocean City, New Jersey; 



b. The public interest involved in the proposed improvement is 

 substantial. It is associated with prevention of damages to public 

 property and recreational benefits to the general public; and 



c. The share of the expense which should be borne by the United 

 States is one-third of the first cost of the work applicable to the 

 publicly owned shore. The estimated amoimt of this share is $199,000 

 (10.6 percent of tiie first cost), based on present public ownership 

 of 31.7 percent of the shore frontage involved in the project. 



The Beach Erosion Board recommended that a project be adopted by the 

 United States authorizing Federal participation, subject to certain con- 

 ditions, by the contribution of Federal funds in an amount equal to one- 

 third of the first costs of the measures for the protection and im- 

 provement of the piJblicly owned portions of the shores of Ocean City, 

 New Jersey, from Surf Road to 12th Street, under a plan for the entire 

 shore within those limits comprising artificial placement of suitable 

 sand fill in amount of approximately 1,900,000 cubic yards on the ocean 

 shore to widen the beach to a width of approximately 300 feet seaward of 

 the boardwalk or bulkhead to the mean high water line, and extension of 

 7 existing stone groins as deferred construction vflien experience indicates 

 the need thereof. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred in the recommendations of the Beach 

 Erosion Board. 



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