proposed in his report. For Lighthouse Point Park he found the nature 

 and amount of public benefits warranted Federal participation, and 

 recommended subject to certain conditions, adoption of a project by the 

 United States authorizing Federal participation by the contribution of 

 Federal funds in an amount equal to one-third of the first cost of con- 

 struction of an impermeable groin. 



The Beach Erosion Board concurred generally in the methods of pro- 

 tection and improvement proposed by the Division Engineer. However, the 

 Board in considering the plan presented by the Division Engineer for 

 Guilford Point Beach, believed that the proposed beach fill would restore 

 publicly owned lands and the proposed groin would assist in retaining the 

 beach fill. Thus the groin would have protective benefits and a public 

 interest. Accordingly the Board believed that that project would be 

 eligible for Federal aid under the policy established by Public Law 727, 

 79th Congress. Since the beach fill would presumably be placed at no 

 cost to shore protection, as it would be obtained from dredging of an 

 authorized navigation project and apparently depending only on the Federal 

 appropriation for that project, the Board was of the opinion that the 

 public ownership and interest in protecting the testored beach warrant 

 adoption of a Federal project authorizing Federal contribution to the 

 extent of one-third of the cost of the groin. 



The Board noted the inclusion by the Division Engineer of a groin 

 at Caroline Creek for initial construction under the plan for Silver 

 Sands Beach. The Board was of the opinion that the orientation of the 

 shore at this location is such that reversals of direction of littoral 

 drift would cause little loss of the beach fill westward into Caroline 

 Creek. Accordingly, the Board believed that the plan for Silver Sands 

 Beach should be modified to provide that all groins should be considered 

 only for deferred construction, pending demonstration of the need therefor. 



The Board recommended that projects be adopted by the United States 

 authorizing Federal participation by the contribution of Federal funds in 

 amount equal to one third of the first costs of measures for the protection 

 of the shores at Guilford Point Beach, Guilford (subject to placement of 

 beach fill at this locality at no cost to shore protection) and Lighthouse 

 Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut, under plans comprising construction of 

 an impermeable groin at each location substantially in accordance with 

 the plans presented by the Division Engineer, with such modification thereof 

 as may be considered advisable by the Chief of Engineers. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred generally in the views and re- 

 commendations of the Beach Erosion Board. 



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