The Division Engineer concluded that practicable plans which merit 

 consideration for the protection and improvement of beaches within the 

 study area are as follows: 



a. Guilford Point Beach, Guilford - Widening of 125 feet, 

 approximately 400 feet of beach, by direct placement of sand fill and 

 construction of an impermeable groin 300 feet long at the east limit of 

 the fill. 



b. Momauguin Beach. East Haven. Widening to a general width 

 of 125 feet in front of cottages, by direct placement of sand fill, ap- 

 proximately 2,200 feet of Momauguin Beach, construction of a 300-foot 

 extension to an existing groin at Bradford Cove and if necessary to 

 reduce excessive losses of the fill, deferred construction of three 

 additional impermeable groins, 350 feet long. 



c. Silver Sands Beach, East Haven - Widening to a general 

 width of 125 feet in front of cottages, by direct placement of sand fill, 

 approximately 2,600 feet of Silver Sands Beach with an added Widening of 

 up to 50 feet along the westerly 1,400 feet of shore, construction of an 

 impermeable groin 250 feet long at the mouth of Caroline Creek and, if 

 necessary to reduce excessive losses of the fill, deferred construction 

 of four additional impermeable groins, 350 feet long. 



d. West Silver Sands Beach. East Haven - Widening to a general 

 width of 125 feet in front of cottages by direct placement of sand fill 

 approximately 2,950 feet of West Silver Sands Beach with an added widen- 

 ing of up to 50 feet along the westerly 1,800 feet of shore, construction 

 of an impermeable groin 200 feet long at the mouth of Caroline Creek and, 

 if necessary to reduce excessive losses of the fill, deferred construction 

 of four additional impermeable groins 350 to 380 feet long. 



e. Shell Beach, East Haven - Widening to a general width of 

 125 feet in front of cottages by direct placement of sand fill, approx- 

 imately 1,350 feet of Shell Beach and construction of an impermeable 

 groin 350 feet long at the mouth of Morris Creek. 



f. Lighthouse Point Park. New Haven - Construction of an 

 impermeable groin 380 feet long at Lighthouse Point. 



The Division Engineer found that protection and improvement of Guil- 

 ford Point, Momauguin, Silver Sands, West Silver Sands Beaches and Light- 

 house Point Park were justified by evaluated benefits. However, for 

 Guilford Point Beach, he found that the limited public benefit, other 

 than recreational, would not warrant adoption of a Federal project and 

 that Momauguin, Silver Sands and West Silver Sands Beaches, being 

 privately owned, were ineligible for Federal aid. He recommended that 

 local interests consider adoption of projects for protection and 

 improvement of those beaches, and that protective measures which may be 

 undertaken by local interests, based on their own determination of 

 economic justification, be accomplished in accordance with the methods 



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