Reach 2
Program Details
Onondaga Avenue to El Mirasol
FDEP Range Monument R-78 TO R-90+400 (13,660 feet)
FDEP Designation: Critically Eroded
Current Action
- The Beach Management Agreement (BMA) was signed in September 2013. The BMA includes an expansion of the Mid-Town Beach Nourishment project taper into the southern portion of Reach 2. Physical and Biological Monitoring efforts have continued.
2018 Town-wide Physical Monitoring Report, dated January 2019
(R-78 to R-90+400)
Over this morning period, the Reach 2 shoreline had an average recession of 13.6 feet. Both gains and losses occurred throughout the reach. In total, the reach lost a net volume of 34,938 CY. Volumetric losses were most prominent from R-78 through R-79 and R-85 to R-90 to the Depth of Closure (DOC). Losses of 159,630 CY were also observed beyond the DOC out to a depth of -40 feet.
Since 1990, the reach has exhibited a net shoreline advance of 35.6 feet, although this gain primarily occurs within the northernmost portion of the reach between R-78 and R-80. Overall, this reach has lost a net volume of 238,916 CY since 1990 though it is noted that this deficit is decreasing. Reach 2 exhibits the most significant net long-term loss of volume between R-86 and R-88.
FDEP Strategic Beach Management Plan, May 2018
Strategy: Maintain the Town’s restored projects through monitoring and nourishment using sand from offshore sources and upland sources; construct a feeder beach to reestablish littoral transport for Reach 2; and construct restoration projects in environmentally suited areas of Reach 5 and Reach 8. Comply with BMA (2013).
Comprehensive Coastal Management Plan, 1998 Update
Because of high erosion rates in Reach 2, supplemental sand placement must occur.
Reach 2 Related Shore Protection Board Recommended Actions, November 2009
- Sand Transfer Plant, Phase II - Installation of a second discharge to be located in Reach 2, south of Reef Road.