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PRESS RELEASE: Contacts: Office of the Mayor, Jason Buelterman
For immediate release (912) 786-4573, x108
Army Corps of Engineers Beach Study Results
Tybee Island, Ga. – (September 14, 2007) This afternoon, the United States Army Corps of
Engineers - Savannah District released the long-awaited preliminary results of the Savannah
River Channel Impact Study. The results of this study validate what officials with the
City of Tybee have been arguing for some time now — that the dredging, widening and
deepening of the Savannah River Channel is having a negative impact on the shoreline of Tybee
Island.
Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman noted that, “"We feel strongly that the only way to truly
mitigate for the loss of sand is through federal funding for periodic renourishment of Tybee's
beach. The positive results of this study should greatly enhance our efforts at securing a long-
term funding stream for renourishments."
“Thanks to the efforts of Congressman Jack Kingston, this study finally received the necessary
funding to move forward, and the results cannot be more clear: seventy to eighty percent of the
loss of sand on Tybee’s beaches is a direct result of the man-made Savannah River Channel. This
study will, we hope, provide the necessary justification at the federal, state, and local levels to
provide for mitigation through a consistent funding stream designed to renourish Tybee’s
beaches at regular intervals.”
The City of Tybee is moving forward with a planned renourishment in 2008 despite the fact
that the federal government has not fully funded the project. Tybee continues to seek assistance
from other entities which benefit from the channel and from the continued growth of tourism in
the Savannah area.
More information can be found under “Island News” on the City’s home page at
www.cityoftybee.org.