Montauk residents fight beach, sand plans
Photo credit: Gordon M. Grant | Steve Couch, a Senior Coastal Planner with the Army Corps of Engineers, explains three options to residents of Montauk for the dredging and placement of sand from Lake Montauk Harbor, during a presentation at the Montauk Firehouse in Montauk. (June 21, 2012)
Two elaborate plans to deal with the buildup of sand in the channel to Lake Montauk and the erosion of the beach west of the jetty that protects Montauk Inlet have been put out for public comment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The plans drew immediate criticism from some of the homeowners who live on the shore west of Montauk Inlet, who are already suing the Corps of Engineers and East...
