The sand placement and seawall repair work from boardwalk 6 to the Beach Club will be completed this week. Boardwalks 3-7 will reopen on Monday (11/18/24). There is still some work going on at the beach access between boardwalks 1 and 2. Boardwalk 2 will remain closed and boardwalk 1 remains open. Work will begin on the seawall at Beach Club Villas beginning next week.
Category: Beach Projects
Beach Project Schedule Update – 10/31/24
The sand recycle and seawall repair contractor, SJ Hamill, began working on seawall repairs on October 1. They began sand scraping and hauling on October 15. Thanks to some incredible weather and calm seas, they are currently ahead of the initial projected schedule. As of 10/31/24, the contractor has placed 3,000 of the 3,500 tons of armor stone specified for the repairs of the seawall from boardwalk 6 to the Beach Club. They have also hauled and placed 77,000 of the 150,000 specific cubic yardage of sand. The photo below shows the dry sand beach area that has been reestablished between boardwalks 6 and 7.
If our favorable weather conditions continue, we expect to be done placing armor stone from boardwalk 6 to the Beach Club by November 8 and sand scraping could be completed as early as November 22. The next phase of work will be the seawall repair at Beach Club Villas and Dolphin Point. Material staging could begin in this area as early as November 11.
We are grateful for all of the hard work from our engineer, Coastal Science and Engineering, and our contractor, SJ Hamill, to get this project off to a great start.
Beach Project Update
Sand scraping began this week on 10/15/24. Sand is being scraped from the intertidal area in front of BW1 and hauled to the area between boardwalks 6 and 7. This work will take place during low tide during the day and night through December.
Please plan to avoid using this section of the beach if possible.
Boardwalk 9 is open and unaffected by this project.
If you do access this section of the beach, please stay in the dry sand beach area in front of boardwalks 4 and 5.
Thank you for your patience as we work to keep Seabrook Island’s beach in great condition.
Seawall Repair & Sand Scraping Project Update 10/4/24
The beach project contractor, SJ Hamill, mobilized last week and has begun their scope of work. Stone for the seawall repair began arriving on the island this week. Armor stone is being delivered to Boardwalk 1 where it is stockpiled. The stone is then loaded onto dump trucks and transported down the beach to the exposed seawall between Boardwalks 6 and 7.
Further details on this project and the schedule can be found by accessing the project presentation here.
Please exercise patience and use caution when accessing the beach near this active construction area.
Sand scraping and transfer will bein on October 15.
