The District and Division Engineers developed plans for pro- 

 tecting and stabilizing the shores of the study area, and made 

 economic analyses of the proposed protective and improvement measures. 

 They found that the plans of protection and improvement for Barnegat 

 Light, Long Beach Island, Ventnor, Margate and Longport, Ocean City, 

 Stone Harbor, North Wildwood and Cape May City are justified by 

 evaluated benefits, and recommended adoption of a project authorizing 

 Federal participation, subject to certain conditions, in the costs of 

 measures for restoration and subsequent periodic nourishment of 

 specified portions of these shores, in accordance with the provisions 

 of Public Law 826, 84th Congress. 



The Beach Erosion Board concluded that plans developed by the 

 District Engineer for each present problem area constituted the extent 

 of improvement which warranted consideration at the time. While the 

 works recommended were considered as a step toward a "comprehensive 

 and unified plan" such as was desired at the inception of this study, 

 they were not considered as meeting the objective fully. The Board 

 stated that comprehensive treatment would require stabilization of the 

 inlets with provision for sand bypassing at a cost which does not appear 

 to be justified at this time for the entire area. The Board concurred 

 in the recommendation that the present study be supplemented by an 

 investigation to develop measures to meet the long-term needs of the 

 area. 



The Beach Erosion Board recommended that projects be adopted by 

 the United States authorizing Federal participation in the costs of the 

 following plans of restoration and protection, substantially as proposed 

 by the District Engineer: 



a. Barnegat Light . Constructing 180 feet oif stone revetment 

 and 90 feet of timber bulkhead, reconstructing and extending one stone 

 groin, constructing two new timber groins, and widening 1,200 feet of 

 beach by artificial placement of suitable sand (the beach fill to be 

 deferred pending demonstration of need), and periodic nourishment by 

 placement of suitable sand on the restored beach as necessary. 



b. Long Beach Island . Widening 3,500 feet of beach at Ship 

 Bottom, 6,900 feet at Brant Beach and 3,000 feet at Beach Haven by 

 artificial placement of suitable sand to provide a berm width of 50 

 feet at an elevation of 10 feet above mean low water, construction of 

 four groins in Long Beach Township, and periodic nourishment by placement 

 of suitable sand on the beach at appropriate locations. 



c. Ventnor, Margate and Longport . Widening 5,500 feet of 

 beach at Longport by artificial placement of suitable sand to provide 



a berm width of 50 feet at an elevation of 10 feet above mean low water 

 and periodic nourishment by placement of suitable sand on the beach at 

 appropriate locations. 



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