by Tom Chillemi –
The entrance to Jackson Creek in Deltaville is a narrow channel that has been dredged twice in recent years and requires regular maintenance to keep it open.
Three Deltaville residents are concerned that a nearby beach nourishment project could impair this channel.
At the request of these private citizens, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) conducted a new underwater survey of the entrance channel to Jackson Creek in Deltaville on September 17 to establish a baseline profile of the channel in light of planned beach construction adjacent to the channel that was recently approved.
A property owner near the Jackson Creek channel has received permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct two armor stone spur structures, install a single pile osprey platform, and place 950 cubic yards of beach nourishment material, which is composed of a specific type of sand. The proposed construction activity is approximately 140 feet from the toe of the “Jackson Creek Federal Navigation Project,” states a letter from Colonel Jason Kelly of the USACE dated April 16, 2018 to the applicant, Glenn Miller of Richmond.
Col. Kelly’s letter also states that he has “determined the requested activity effectively alters a portion of the Jackson Creek Federal Navigation Project operated and maintained by the USACE.”
Further, Col. Kelly’s letter states, “While I have determined that the construction of two armor stone spur structures, installation of a single pile osprey platform and placement of 950 cubic yards of beach nourishment material may alter the federal project, the proposed work does not impair the usefulness of the project, nor harm the public interest.”
