warrant Federal aid, are as follow: Hampton Beach, North Hampton Beach, 

 and Wallis Sands Beach. 



The Beach Erosion Board concurred in the conclusions of the Division 

 Engineer and recommended that projects be adopted by the United States 

 authorizing Federal participation by the contribution of Federal funds in 

 amount of one-third of the costs of measures for the restoration and 

 protection of the publicly owned shores at North Hampton and Wallis Sands 

 Beaches, New Hampshire, substantially in accordance with the following 

 plans of the Division Engineer, with such modifications thereof as may be 

 considered advisable by the Chief of Engineers: 



a. North Hampton Beach . Widening approximately 1,600 feet of 

 beach to a 150-foot width by direct placement of suitable sand fill and 

 construction of an impremeable groin about 460 feet long; 



b. Wallis Sands Beach . Widening approximately 800 feet of the 

 beach to a 150-foot width by direct placement of suitable sand fill and 

 construction of an impermeable groin about 350 feet long. 



The Board further recommended modification of the existing Federal project 

 for Hampton Beach to authorize Federal participation in amount of one-third 

 of the costs of constructing an impermeable groin about 235 feet long and 

 one-third of the costs of periodic nourishment of the beach for an initial 

 period of 10 years from the year of the first nourishment operation. The 

 Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations of the Beach 

 Erosion Board. 



RARITAN AND SANDY HOOK BAYS, NEW JERSEY 



The purpose of the investigation was to develop the most suitable 

 plans for restoration of the shore and protection of property against 

 erosion along the bays' shores. In addition to single-purpose shore pro- 

 tection plans developed under the foregoing purpose, the report submitted 

 by the District and Division Engineers included study of the needs and 

 methods for protection against damages caused by hurricanes under the 

 provisions of Public Law 71, 84th Congress, resulting in a dual-purpose 

 plan which would provide both hurricane and shore protection. In its 

 review of the report the Beach Erosion Board gave consideration to the 

 technical adequacy of both plans, but limited its consideration of project 

 justification and Federal participation to the single-purpose shore pro- 

 tection plans in accordance with its statutory functions as prescribed in 

 section 3 of Public Law 166, 79th Congress. 



The study area, which lies in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, com- 

 prised the 21-mile length of the shores of Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays 

 between South Amboy and Highlands. The western end of the study area is 

 about 30 miles by highway southwest of midtown New York City. This shore 

 is an important summer recreational area. The permanent population of 



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