Even more improvements in Sea Pines…Dredging is great news for marinas!

Posted by Joan E. Diamond at 8:32 PM Read our previous post

Dredging view from South Beach Marina

What a year for Sea Pines Plantation.  In addition to this spring’s construction of the new Clubhouse /Golf Learning Center, The Sea Pines Beach Club and the eventual construction of the new Harbour Town Clubhouse, both Harbour Town and South Beach Marinas are being dredged.  This will bring much relief to boat owners and water related businesses (namely fishing charters and nature cruises) as 240,000 cubic yards of sediment are to be pumped out to a 100-acre site at the mouth of Calibogue Sound.

State and federal regulators halted a dredging in 2003 after a contractor was accused of improperly dumping dredge spoil into Calibogue Sound instead of the approved offshore site.

The sediment was getting to such a level that many boats had difficulty going in and out of Calibogue sound. In fact, in Harbour Town you could often see boats floating on the sediment within a few hours of low tide.

This dredging project will certainly increase property values in and around the marinas, help local businesses and make for a more beautiful Heritage this year.

As the saying goes “a rising tide floats all boats”