Sand pumping is tentatively scheduled to begin Jan. 11, the spokeswoman said. Once pumping begins, crews will gradually add pipe as the resanding operation moves slowly west toward 61st Street.

In addition to bulking up the beaches, workers are also building pedestrian dune crossings and sand fencing, as well as planting dune grass. New storm water outfall pipe extensions will also be built.

The city will pay a total of $946,000 to replace the pipe extensions that extend into the ocean at Virginia and Maryland avenues, Johnson said. The new pipe extensions will be a more robust design ...

A worker uses a bulldozer to move and shape sand pumping out of a pipe at Ocean Isle Beach. The terminal groin was built at the same time as this year's beach replenishment.

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The Army Corps of Engineers have been on Sullivan’s Island for months preparing for a sand project and progress is expected to be made shortly. They are doing ...

The congressman secured $9.3 million in federal funding to spearhead the project, which is expected to pump 2 million cubic yards of sand over 50 years. “You can’t have a beach town without a ...

A large pipe from the ocean began pumping 1.2 million cubic yards of sand onto the beaches Tuesday, Hunting Island park manager J.W. Weatherford said.

The town appears adamant, despite repeated failures, in going forward with a 4,500-foot submerged pipe project to bring sand from the sand transfer plant to Angler Avenue. On Oct. 21, in a 10-page ...