Questions? Contact Sasha Land (DNR) (sasha.land@maryland.gov)
General Timeline:
Phase 1: Between June 2017 - June 2018, DNR will work with a design/engineering firm to create engineered plans for the shoreline project and will hold community meetings.
Phase 2: June 2018 - 2019 (pending funding)
Update from Bhaskar Subranmanian (DNR) 6/21/16:
The Maryland State Legislature has approved FY18 money to support the design of a resiliency project on the Deal Island shoreline project through the newly formed Capital Resiliency Grant Program. The funds will be used to develop the design of shoreline features to enhance resiliency in the Deal Island Peninsula. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, which is coordinating the project’s implementation, is still waiting on Federal funding from NOAA to be approved before the project can move forward. Details about the design will be forthcoming.
This is the Living Shoreline project proposed for the area along the shoreline between Crowell Rd. (also known as Soundside Estates Rd.) and the Hunt's Hill area in the direction of Wenona. The purpose of this project is to prevent erosion of the very narrow beach to so that the Tangier Sound doesn't penetrate into the interior tidal ponds just on the other side of the beach.