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News
Fry casts shoals aside
April 2 , 2009
by Patrick Bloodgood
Norfolk District Public Affairs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Sediment moving along the shoreline at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront has collected at the entrance to Rudee Inlet and created a four foot shoal.
The shoal is particularly dangerous to boaters trying to get in and out of the inlet because the once 10–foot channel now only six feet deep.
“We ran though our options quickly and we responded quickly,” said Gregg Williams, a Norfolk District project manager.
Williams placed a call to the Wilmington District March 18 and two days later the dredge Fry was en route to Rudee Inlet. This quick response by the Wilmington District doesn’t surprise the veteran project manager.
“I’ve come to expect this high level of service from them, they are a great district to work with,” said Williams
Rudee Inlet is constantly maintained by both the City of Virginia Beach and the Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District; however, this dredge action marks one of the first times a sidecasting dredge is being employed.
With a sidecasting dredge, the material, beach-quality sand, will continue to remain in the local eco system with some of it expected to wash ashore along the Virginia Beach oceanfront.
The dredging operations are expected to last about a month.