Army Corps of Engineers restores shoreline

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Mayor de Blasio announced the maintenance dredging of East Rockaway Inlet is expected to be completed soon. USACE contractor, Weeks Marine, Cranford, N.J. has been performing maintenance dredging of East Rockaway Inlet since April 2019 and using the dredged sand to re-nourish and restore Rockaway beach between Beach 92nd Street and Beach 105th Street. The work is expected to be completed by the beginning of hurricane season, which starts on June 1, 2019.