by artificial fill and constructed a jetty at the inlot and a groin 

 south thereof to retain the fill. The inlet beaches are steep and 

 subject to erosion by the strong inlet tidal currentSo A groin system 

 retards the erosion, but the beaches have been unsatisfactory, A 

 timber bulkhead protects the street behind the beach. At the throat 

 of the inlet a heavy riprap revetment and a concrete wall are threaten- 

 ed with underminingo Fill was placed on the inlet beaches in ig-i-So 

 Practically the entire shore frontage is publicly owned. The purpose 

 of the study was to determine the causes of the erosion and remedial 

 measures to present further erosion and to restore the beaches. 



The District Engineer considered the desires of the cooperating 

 agency, studied the sources and movement of beach material, the changes 

 in the Fhore line and the offshore bottom, the effects of winds, storms 

 and of existing structures, developed a plan for protecting and improv- 

 ing the shores, and made an economic analysis of proposed protective 

 measures. Ha found that the recreational and other benefits of the 

 proposed work warrant the adoption of a comprehensive plan of pro- 

 tection and improvement o He concluded that the public interest therein 

 warrants Federal participation to the extent of one-third of the total 

 cost in accordance with the policy established by Public Law 727, 

 79th Congress, 



The District Eni-ineer recommended adoption of a project for 

 control of beach erosion and for restoration and protection of the 

 shore lines along Absecon Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic 

 City, New Jersey, the work thereunder to comprise the removal of the 

 damaged portion of the retaining bulkhead on the city park frontage 

 west of the inlet gorge and substitution therefor of a steel sheet 

 pile wall; the constrijction of a stone jetty extending seaward from 

 R-igantine Island northeast of the inlet channel; construction of 2 

 new stone groins and stone extensions to 6 existing groins along the 

 inlet frontage; the placing of stone riprap revelanent at the toe of 

 the bulkhead on the Maine Avenue frontage on the inlet; restoration 

 of the ocean and inlet beaches by artificial deposit of sand; exten- 

 sion of the stone jetty at Oriental Avenue; and the extension of one 

 stone groin and construction of five timber groins on the ocean front- 

 age. The District Engineer recommended Federal participation to the 

 extent of one-third of the cost of the foregoing work subject to 

 certain conditions of local cooperation. The Division Engineer con- 

 curred in the recommendations of the District Ehgineer, 



The BDard carefully considered the reports of the reporting 

 officers. It concurred generally in their views and recommendations. 

 The Bsard recommended that a project be adopted by the United States 

 authorizing Federal participation by the contribution of Federal 

 funds in an amount equal to one-third of the cost of the following 

 measures for the protection and improvement of the shores of Atlantic 

 City, New Jersey: (a) removal of damaged concrete viall at the city 

 park and replacement by a steel sheet piling wall; (b) a s tone jetty 

 extending from Brigantine Island to be built in stages to a point 



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