of the restored shore would be provided under the plan by periodic 

 nourishment at an estimated rate of 250,000 cubic yards of suitable 

 sand annually. 



The section from Point Pleasant Beach to Seaside Park, about 14 

 miles in length, is an extensively developed summer resort area. 

 About 27 percent of the shore is publicly owned, and about two-thirds 

 of the remainder is open for public use. In the report under review a 

 plan was recommended for this section which comprised restoration and 

 protection by artificial placement of approximately 1,500,000 cubic 

 yards of suitable sand to widen the beach to the same minimum dimensions 

 as those recommended for the other sections. Stability of the restored 

 beach would be provided by periodic nourishment at an estimated rate of 

 200,000 cubic yards of suitable seuid annually. 



The district and division engineers and the Beach Erosion Board 

 found that the public interest associated with prevention of damages to 

 public property, reduction of maintenance costs of existing structures, 

 and recreational benefits to the general public, is sufficient to warrant 

 adoption of a project authorizing Federal participation in the initial 

 and periodic nourishment costs of restoring and protecting the shores of 

 New Jersey from Sea Bright to Seaside Park. They recommended adoption of 

 a project by the United States authorizing Federal participation by the 

 contribution of Federal funds toward the initial costs of beach restor- 

 ation and subsequent periodic nourishment costs for the shores from Sea 

 Bright to Seaside Park, New Jersey, substantially in accordance with the 

 plan presented in House Document No. 361, 84th Congress. Federal partic- 

 ipation in periodic nourishment costs would be authorized initially for 

 a period of 10 years from the year that the total quantity of fill placed 

 in any section has equalled that required to restore the beach to pro- 

 ject dimensions in that section. The recommended Federal shares are 20.1 

 percent for the Sea Bright-Ocean Township section, one-third for the 

 Asbury Park-Manasquan section and 30.5 percent for the Point Pleasant 

 Beach-Seaside Park section. The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views 

 and recommendations of the Beach Erosion Board. 



BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN 



The study area comprises a portion of the shore of Berrien County 

 about 32 miles in length from the north city limit of Benton Harbor to 

 the Michigan-Indiana State line. Its southern limit is located about 

 50 miles east of Chicago, Illinois. The study area includes shores 

 fronting the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, the village of 

 Shoreham, and Lincoln, Lake, Chikaming and New Buffalo Townships. The 

 shores of Benton Harbor, St. Joseph and Shoreham village are extensively 

 developed, primarily for residential and recreational use. A main line 

 right-of-way of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway also fronts directly on 

 a portion of the lake shore in the city of St. Joseph. South of Shoreham 

 village the shore is developed to a limited extent for residential use. 

 About 9.35 percent of the shore of the study area is publicly owned, the 

 public property being made up largely of a number of small parks. The 

 shore of the principal problem area from Elm Street in St, Joseph to the 



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