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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides update of Duval Beach Renourishment Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to deliver sand on the beach in Duval.
Ongoing operations The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to deliver sand on the beach in Duval. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District)
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District)

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is entering week 14 of its Duval Beach Renourishment Project.

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Workers are building up important dunes and extending the berm. Work is ongoing 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Corps team said it continues to deliver sand on the beach and is beginning to plan out vegetation planting later this summer.

RELATED: $32 million beach renourishment project is underway in Duval County

Teams are near Hanna Park. Beachgoers are asked to stay away from those areas while the work continues.

Plans are to finish the renourishment project in the fall.

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