Beach Replenishment Update

On Tuesday, July 29th, Slaughter Beach hosted (at Memorial Fire Company) a consortium of representatives from The US Army Corps of Engineers, as well as DNREC to hold a roundtable discussion of an upcoming, planned project. The discussion was followed by a lovely lunch sponsored by Slaughter Beach for all attendees.

The project discussed and announced, is the beginning of a beach replenishment project for the first 3 beaches targeted within the longstanding study of the beneficial use of dredged material from the Delaware Bay shipping channel.

Many members of the BBA (Bay Beach Association) as well as community members from those communities all attended. Over 100 people attended and heard how and when the first phase of this project is to be implemented, as well as other details of the project.

Slaughter Beach, Kitts Hummick and Pickering Beach are the first beaches for this planned replenishment and it is slated for fall of 2026 to begin.

This is an incredible project that has been worked on by countless Towns, Associations and individuals.

The Town of Slaughter Beach wishes to thank the Army Corps, DNREC, The Bay Beach Association and numerous individuals who all have helped make this a future reality. A very special thanks should go out to former Sr US Senator from the great state of Delaware, Thomas Carper. Without his and his staff’s (especially John Kane) support, this project would not have been initiated nor implemented.  

Please feel free to peruse the included link, that is the content of the specific presentation given by the Army Corps and DNREC of 7/29.

The presentation can be found here: Delaware-Bayshore-Slides-Compressed(1)

Mayor

Slaughter Beach

357 Bay Avenue

Milford, DE 19963

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Statement from the Bay Beach Association can be found here: BBA Statement

Beach Replenishment Update:

On July 20th, the Town of Slaughter Beach hosted a meeting requested by State of Delaware’s Secretary of DNREC to announce future plans for Bay Beach replenishment and restoration. DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson took the opportunity to introduce the new District Commander Lt. Col Baum and the Philadelphia District team of the Army Corps of Engineers as well as Secretary Patterson’s working team to implement this Bay Beach replenishment.

The timetable looks encouraging for a Fall of 2026 implementation at 3 of the Bay Beaches; Slaughter Beach, Kitts and Pickering with a start of beach engineering for Bowers.

A complete rundown of the meeting follows:

Executive Summary_Slaughter Beach(1)

Shoreline-Public-Access-Plan-Guidelines

In addition, below is a link to the plans that were presented at the meeting.
Slaughter_DMU Plans.pdf