Ocean Lakes

Crews started pumping sand to build up area beaches Monday afternoon in Surfside Beach and are working their way up the beach to Ocean Lakes Family Campground. The work will likely reach Ocean Lakes in early August, barring any weather or mechanical delays. Officials can’t pinpoint an exact date when the work will reach the beach by Ocean Lakes, but have estimated it would be about two weeks after crews started pumping sand in Surfside Beach. That would put crews on the beach by Ocean Lakes around Aug. 7. Crews are blocking off 1,000-foot sections of beach at a time for the work and anticipate each section will be closed about two or three days. The beach by Ocean Lakes stretches nearly 5,000 feet, so guests will still have access to the beach at any given time during the work – it just may not be their usual favorite spot on the beach. The project pumps sand from off-shore onto the beach, where crews use front-end loaders and other heavy equipment to distribute the ...

Crews are setting up equipment and prepping to start the much-needed beach renourishment project at the end of this week in Surfside Beach, with plans for the work to begin on the beach by Ocean Lakes in early August. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., the contractor on the $26.3 million beach renourishment project , is busy getting equipment in place at Sixth Avenue North in Surfside Beach. Crews plan to start pumping sand there at the end of this week, then work up the beach towards Ocean Lakes Family Campground. Crews with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. were continuing to set up equipment Monday at Sixth Avenue North in Surfside Beach. The contractor plans to start pumping sand there at the end of the week. The work is expected to reach the beach by Ocean Lakes in early August. Barring bad weather or mechanical delays, the work will begin on the beach by Ocean Lakes two weeks after it starts in Surfside Beach, Ed O’Dowd, Site Manager with Great Lakes Dredge & Doc...

Crews will start a much-needed beach renourishment project later this month, but beach-goers will still be able to use most of the beach by Ocean Lakes during the work. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that the $26.3 million renourishment project will start near the Surfside Beach Pier around July 15 and proceed up the beach to Ocean Lakes Family Campground and Myrtle Beach State Park. The Corps set the timing of the project, which was beyond Ocean Lakes’ control. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. will work in 1,000-foot-long sections that will be fenced off for roughly two or three days, then crews will move to the next section, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The beach by Ocean Lakes stretches nearly 5,000 feet, so most of the beach by the campground will be available to beach-goers at any given time during the work. Beach-goers may find their favorite spot on the beach being worked on and unavailable, but they will be able to move ...