Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project Phase 2 Beginning
Posted on: Mar 5th, 2025 | AnnouncementsPress ReleasesFeatured News
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala, -- Phase 2 of the Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project begins March 6, 2025.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District will infill the area behind rock breakwaters constructed for the Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project with dredge material from the Mobile Harbor Deepening & Widening Project (Choctaw Turn Basin).
This is a beneficial use of dredge material that will build about 80 acres of new marsh habitat, protect the only road to/from Dauphin Island, and protect about 300 acres of salt marsh to the east of Dauphin Island Causeway.
The Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project spans approx. 3.5 miles from Bayfront Park to Cedar Point. In Phase 1 of the project, which was completed in June 2024, more than 150,000 tons of rock was placed to create segmented breakwaters designed to provide critical wave protection to the Causeway. It will restore the shoreline to 1917 locations.
The Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project is funded by grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environment Benefit Fund and Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund.
See the fact sheet below for project details.
See also: https://www.mobilecountyal.gov/dauphin-island-causeway-shoreline-restoration-project/
