Beach nourishment in Broward County, Florida

More than half of the 24 miles of Broward County, Florida's Atlantic coastal beaches are chronically eroding. To combat this situation, Broward County has been engaged in shore protection, beach restoration, and beach sand management since the early 1960's, at which time the Federal Government authorized the County to construct beach restoration projects with federal cost-sharing. In 1970, the first beach restoration-project was conducted in Pompano Beach, followed by similar projects at Hallandale Beach (1971); John U. Lloyd Beach State Park(1976 and 1989);Hollywood and Hallandale (1979 and 1991); and Pompano Beach and Lauderdale-By-The-Sea (1983). The projects, cost-shared by varying combinations of the Federal Government, the State of Florida, Broward County, and the affected municipalities, involved dredging sand from offshore "borrow sites" and pumping the sand onto the target beach. Functionally, thew projects have exceeded expectations, and are the reason that Broward County has healthy beaches today. Future plans call for continued nourishment of the County's beaches, limited use of erosion control structures, and implementation of sand bypassing at Port Everglades Inlet.