TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) - A project to repair erosion to Georgia’s largest public beach is underway east of Savannah.
Crews have been pumping sand onto the beach at Tybee Island since early December.
Tybee Island City Manager Shawn Gillen told WTOC-TV work is about a week behind schedule, but crews should be done pumoing new sand onto the beach around Jan. 20.
The state and federal governments are spending $13.8 million to renourish Tybee Island’s beach. The project has been in the works since Hurricanes Mathew and Irma pushed damaging storm surge onto the Georgia coast in 2016 and 2017.
The repair work includes building a new stretch of dune to help protect beachfront structures from future surge, and rebuilding several crossover walkways onto the beach that suffered storm damage.
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