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Long-planned shoreline protection project to begin in 2022

The Fire Island to Montauk Point endeavor is estimated to cost $1.5 billion

Fire Island in Long Island (Getty)
Fire Island in Long Island (Getty)

The federal government’s long-planned project to protect 83 miles of shoreline along Long Island’s South Shore is set to begin next year, according to Newsday.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates the aptly named “Fire Island to Montauk Point” project, or FIMP, will cost $1.5 billion. The funding was allocated after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The storm, although it was no longer a hurricane when it reached the South Fork, damaged thousands of structures and upended the local real estate market.

The project calls for a number of smaller actions including dredging, coastal restoration and raising or flood-proofing 4,500 structures along the shoreline. The first contract is for dredging Fire Island Inlet and relocating the sand to near Gilgo Beach in Babylon Town, according to Newsday. [Newsday] — Dennis Lynch

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