Ocean Lakes

Equipment problems have stalled progress on beach renourishment work this week, delaying its arrival on the beach by Ocean Lakes Family Campground. Crews finished repairing offshore equipment and got sand pumping to the beach again Friday morning after a week of delays. The work is expected to reach the beach by Ocean Lakes on Sunday or Monday, barring any additional mechanical or weather delays. Crews work Friday morning to repair the booster pump used to get sand to the beach for renourishment. Mechanical problems with the boosters have delayed progress up the beach this week. Crews have been stuck in the same spot just south of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront at Surfside Beach most of the week because of equipment problems with the offshore boosters. The renourishment work stalled just south of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront at Surfside Beach this week. Crews resumed renourishment work Friday.  The boosters pump sand to the beach, where crews use heavy equipment t...

The much-needed beach renourishment work is expected to reach the beach by Ocean Lakes Family Campground this week. Crews work on the renourishment project the week of July 24 north of the pier in Surfside Beach. Crews have been steadily progressing up the beach since starting the $26.3 million sand-pumping project just north of the Surfside Beach Pier in late July. Officials can’t pinpoint an exact day when the work will start by Ocean Lakes because of factors including weather (not only on the beach but out in the ocean where the boosters operate) and potential mechanical issues, which have stopped work at times since Friday.  On Tuesday morning, the blocked-off work area extended to just south of the Holiday Inn Oceanfront at Surfside Beach. A mechanical issue was keeping sand from pumping Tuesday morning, but crews were working to fix the issue and resume their work. Work is expected to resume Wednesday morning. Once the work resumes, crews with Great Lakes D...

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...