South Padre Island Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (state FY2024 event)

Project Description

This project widened the City of South Padre Island's beach using dredge material. This resulted in assured beach access; increased economic activity and associated tax revenues; decreased public costs of post-storm response; reduced infrastructure maintenance and/or relocations costs; greater habitat value in the healthy beach/dune system; and reduction of future erosion response costs. Furthermore, widening the beach protects any structures that lie behind that dune line, lessening the damages caused by storm events and decreasing insurance losses. The upfront cost of nourishing the shoreline within the City is very minimal when compared to the sizable expenses of damage and impacts from any major storm that will hit the Island.