Sandy broke it, Army Corps will fix it! $100 million beach repair at Coney, Rockaways
The US Army Corps of Engineers says it intends solicit bids for a massive beach repair project at the Coney Island and Rockaway beaches in Brooklyn and Queens.
Rebuilding the two beaches, damaged during Superstorm Sandy, will take four and a half million cubic yards of sand and will cost between $25,000,000 to $100,000,000, according to a “presolicitation” filed with the government.
The mountains of sand will be dredged from the Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay and from an area three to five miles off the Rockaways, and hydraulically pumped to the project site, according to the Corps.