f. Gulf Beach, Milford - Widening to a 100-foot width, 1,200 feet 
of Gulf Beach by direct placement of sand; 
g Silver, Myrtle, Walnut, Laurel and Cedar Beaches and Meadows 
End, Milford - Widening to a 100-foot width by direct placement of sand, 
TS, 600 feet of shore along Silver, Myrtle, Walnut, Laurel and Cedar Beaches 
and Meadows End, with an added widening of 150 feet around Meadows End and 
the construction of 11 impermeable groins 350 to OO feet long. 
The Board concurred generally in the views of the Division Engineer. In 
considering the plan of protection and improvement for the section from 
Silver Beach to Cedar Beach, it noted that the rate of recession of the 
shore west of Myrtle Beach had been relatively low over the period of record 
and considered that the rate of loss of fill from that area might also be 
low. Consequently, the Board believed that groins may not be justified by 
the reduction in maintenance that they would effect, and that maintenance 
by artificial placement alone may be more economical. Accordingly the 
Board considered that groins should be constructed only after experience 
with maintenance without groins indicates that they are needed and will 
result in lower annual costs. 
In accordance with existing statutory requirements, the Board stated 
its opinion that: 
a. It is advisable for the United States to adopt projects 
authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting and improving 
the publicly owned shores at Prospect Beach, West Haven, Woodmont Shore, 
Milford,Gulf Beach, Milford and Silver Beach to Cedar Beach, Milford, 
Connecticut. 
b. The public interest involved in the proposed measures for 
these shores is substantial. It is associated with prevention of direct 
damages to publicly owned property, increased earning power of adjacent 
land, and recreational benefits to the public. 
ce The share of the expense which should be borne by the United 
States is one-third of the first cost of the proposed work for the pro- 
tection of those portions of the shore which are publicly owned at nS time 
of completion of the work on a project. 
The Board recommended that separate projects be adopted by the United 
States authorizing Federal participation by the contribution of Federal 
funds in an amount equal to one-third of the first cost of the measures 
for the protection and improvement of those portions of the shores of the 
Towns of West Haven, and Milford, Connecticut, which are publicly owned 
as follows: 
a. Prospect Beach, West Haven - Widening to a 100-foot width by 
direct placement of sand, 6,000 feet of shore from a point about 350 feet 
south of South Street northerly to Ivy Street with an added 50-foot widen- 
ing at the south end of the fill and construction of eight impermeable groins 
each 330 feet long; 
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