Alternatives
Inappropriate. Unacceptable to the landowner. Current erosion
No Action
rates represent a considerable financial loss at prevailing real estate
prices.
Inappropriate. The land is now undeveloped. The owner will build a
Relocate
retirement home with large setback from the shore. He desires to
stop erosion now.
Appropriate. Equipment access to the job sit presents no problems.
Bulkhead
Steps can be added late for access to the dock. Recreational use of the
beach is not a high priority.
Appropriate.
There is sufficient room for a regarded slope.
Revetment
Breakwaters
Inappropriate. Scour at the bluff toe would not be positively prevented.
Groins
Inappropriate. There is little sand-sized material in alongshore
transport at the site.
Beach Fill
Inappropriate. Fill provides no positive protection against toe scour.
No recreation beach is desired. The plan must have minim maintenance
requirements.
Vegetation
Inappropriate. Plantings provide no positive protection to the bluff
toe. Coarse soils are not suitable for plantings.
Infiltration and
Inappropriate.
Drainage and infiltration are not problems at this site.
Drainage Controls
Inappropriate. Suitable only in combination with a revetment. Slope
Slope Flattening
stability is not a basic problem.
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