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More than 130,000 cubic yards of sand have been restored as part of a $25 million effort to protect Route 1 and combat severe erosion at Indian River Inlet. DNREC’s emergency dredging project to ...

After the Atlantic Ocean breached the dunes and spilled onto Coastal Highway multiple times earlier this year, emergency dredging is finally underway to replenish the severely eroded north side beach ...

INDIAN RIVER INLET, DE - Officials with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) have confirmed the full reopening of the north side beach of the Indian River ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All lanes of the Coastal Highway, Route 1, are closed at the Indian River Inlet due to water on the road. The Department of ...

INDIAN RIVER INLET, DE - Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has announced the closure of parts of the North Indian River Inlet Beach due to safety concerns.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finished replenishing the beach on the north side of the Indian River Inlet. Delaware's ocean beaches face an uncertain future as no new funding has been ...

Delaware's ocean beaches were last replenished in 2023, and funding for future replenishment is uncertain. A sand bypass system at the Inlet, intended to mitigate erosion, is expected to resume ...

General Contractor: Agate Construction Co. Additional Engineering: Peirce Engineering Inc. After a deep scour hole caused by swift tidal currents undermined the inlet’s stabilized shoreline slope and ...

Residents in Delaware were warned to avoid swimming -- and several beaches were closed -- after medical waste began washing up on the shoreline over the weekend. On Sunday, at about 4:30 p.m., ...