The restored beach can be maintained by artificially placing beach material 
as required to offset the deficiency in supply. 
The Division Engineer and the Beach Erosion Board concluded that the 
most suitable method of stabilizing the shore and protecting shore front 
cottages and Northern Boulevard consists of direct placement of sand fill 
to widen the beach fronting cottages and dunes along that portion of the 
seaward shore of Plum Island between points approximately 3,000 and 6,000 
feet south of the Merrimack hiver south jetty and raising the inshore por- 
tion of the south jetty as may be required to act as a barrier to northward 
drifting and loss of beach material into Merrimack River. They also found 
that the extent of publicly owned shore to be protected is minor, and as 
Federal assistance in the cost of protecting privately owned shores would 
not be in accordance with existing laws, no Federal assistance for protection 
of the shore of Plum Island was recommended at this time. 
In accordance with existing statutory requirements, the Beach Erosion 
Board stated its opinion that: 
a. since the problem area is privately owned and Federal statute 
provides no basis for Federal aid for the protection of privately owned 
shore lines, it is inadvisable for the United States to adopt at this time 
a project authorizing Federal participation in the cost of shore protection 
at Plum Island, Massachusetts; 
b. the public interest involved in the proposed improvements is 
small, being limited to the value of a publicly owned street end and rights- 
of-way being lost through erosion; and 
Cc. Since there is no basis for the adoption of a Federal pro- 
ject, no share of the expense should be borne by the United States. 
The Chief of Engineers concurred generally in the views and recommenda- 
tions of the Beach Erosion Board. 
STATE OF CONNECTICUT - NEW HAVEN HARBOR TO 
HOUSATONIC RIVER 
The study area comprised the shore of Long Island Sound between the 
entrance to New Haven Harbor and the mouth of Housatonic River. It included 
the shores of the towns of West Haven and Milford, a total length of about 
16 miles. This shore area is adjacent to and west of New Haven, Connecticut, 
and is about 50 miles east of New York City. It is extensively developed 
as a resort and residential area, with improvements ranging from small 
cottages to small estates. A number of small town-owned beaches are includ- 
ed in the area. 
The eastern portion of the study area from the root of Sandy Point to 
Bradley Point consists of relatively low flat ground. Thence westward to 
Milford Harbor, headlands of glacial material with numerous rock outcrops 
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