This isn’t the first time Bald Head Island has sought sand from Jay Bird Shoals McCall said there was a similar dredge project in 2010. McCall said if approved, the project would dredge 1 million cubic yards of sand from the shoals and deposit it along the south-facing shoreline. Jay Bird Shoals is a sand deposit that sits west of the island, between Bald Head and Fort Caswell. “As part of the terminal groin permit, state law requires that you maintain the fillet of the terminal groin structure.” “While (the terminal groin) is doing its job, you’re still going to have erosion over time,” McCall said. Village Manager Chris McCall said the dredging request is necessary to support the terminal groin’s fillet, the sand that fills in around it. Terminal groins are permanent, wall-like structures that extend from the beach into the ocean to catch sand and slow erosion. The Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington office has received a request from village officials to dredge a section of the shoals and deposit the sand along South Beach, next to a terminal groin built in 2015. To combat beach erosion, village leaders in Brunswick County’s Bald Head Island hope to borrow sand from Jay Bird Shoals.
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