of the shores of the study area are as follows: 



a. North of Buhne Point . Extension and maintenance of the 

 existing seawall. Elimination of traffic interruptions could be 

 accompanied by relocation of the railroad 100 feet landward of its 

 present location. 



b. Buhne Spit . Construction of one impermeable groin 790 

 feet long and 800 feet of rubble-mound seawall. 



They also found that the project for Buhne Spit is economically justi- 

 fied, and that the benefits from reduction of Federal maintenance 

 costs of the navigation channel warrant Federal participation in amount 

 of 21 percent of the first costs. They therefore recommended adoption of 

 a project authorizing Federal participation, subject to certain condi- 

 tions, by contribution of funds in an amount equal to 21 percent of the 

 first costs of 800 feet of rubble-mound seawall and a 790-foot groin 

 at Buhne Spit. They further recommended that local interests consider 

 adoption, based on their own determination of economic justification, 

 of the plan for extension and maintenance of the seawall north of Buhne 

 Point and relocation of the railroad. The Chief of Engineers concurred 

 in the views and recommendations of the Beach Erosion Board. 



SANDY HOOK TO BARNEGAT INLET, NEW JERSEY (REVIEW) 



This report is in review of the beach erosion control report on 

 Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, submitted to Congress by the 

 Secretary of the Army on March 7, 1956, printed in House Document No. 

 361, 84th Congress, and summarized in Volume 10-No. 1 (July 1956) of 

 the Bulletin of the Beach Erosion Board. 



The section of shore from Sea Bright to Ocean Township, about 12 

 miles in length, is a highly developed summer recreational area. About 

 30 percent of the shore is publicly owned, and about one-quarter of the 

 remainder is open to public use. In the report under review a plan was 

 recommended for this section which comprised restoration and protection 

 by artificial placement of approximately 10,100,000 cubic yards of suit- 

 able sand to widen the beach to a minimum width of 100 feet at elevation 

 10 feet above mean lew water. Stability of the restored shore would be 

 provided under the plan by periodic nourishment at an estimated rate of 

 115,000 cubic yards of suitable sand annually and by construction of 23 

 new groins and extension of 14 existing groins. 



The section of shore from the north city limit of Asbury Park to 

 the jettied Manasquan Inlet is about 9 miles in length. Shark River 

 Inlet with twin jetties is within this section, which is extensively 

 developed as a summer resort. About 98.5 percent of the shore in this 

 section is now publicly owned. In the report under review, a plan was 

 reccanmended which included restoration cind protection of the shore from 

 Asbury Park to Manasquan by artificial placement of approximately 

 2,400,000 cubic yards of suitable sand to widen the beach to a minimum 

 width of 100 feet at elevation 10 feet above mean low water. Stability 



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