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Board approves three breakwaters, beach nourishment and plantings on Corrotoman River frontage
Summary
The Wetlands Board approved a shoreline stabilization plan that includes three armor-stone breakwaters, about 800 cubic yards of beach nourishment and 8,400 square feet of vegetative plantings to stabilize roughly 600 feet of eroding shoreline on the Corrotoman River.
The Lancaster County Wetlands Board approved a multi-component shoreline stabilization plan for roughly 600 feet of eroding bank on the Corrotoman River.
Craig Palabinski of Bayshore Design, the project agent, told the board the proposal includes three armor-stone breakwaters measuring about 120 feet, 220 feet and 20 feet with 60-foot gaps between them, a crest elevation near plus 4 feet, and roughly 800 cubic yards of sand to nourish the area between the breakwaters and the base of the bank. Palabinski said the design will also include grading to 4:1 at the base, planting of switchgrass (panicum) and other beach vegetation, and about 8,400 square feet of plantings along the upper shore.
Palabinski described the site as having a steep bank — "the highest point is plus 24 feet above mean low water" — and said the approach mirrors a similar project completed in 2020. VMRC staff present said that agency is processing a subaqueous permit for work over state bottom and is in the public-interest review. County staff said the applicant has satisfied local office requirements.
With no public comment and no board objections, a member moved to "approve the project as submitted." The chair called the vote and the project was approved.
