State of Alabama FINAL Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP ...

SPENDING ESTIMATE PER CALENDAR YEAR OF PROJECT DURATION:
MC2-3
Year 1 -
Year 2 $ 1,000,000.00
Year 3 $
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Year 4 $
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GOAL: The goal of the project is to reduce wave energy and subsequent erosion along Dauphin Island
Parkway in order to protect the causeway and to restore and enhance the Dauphin Island
Causeway shoreline to promote wetland vegetation re-growth in the area, improving the
habitat for marine fish, invertebrates, migratory birds and marine mammals.
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the project are to expand the protective buffer along the right of way
of the causeway, restore and enhance the causeway shoreline to promote wetland
vegetation re-growth, improving the habitat for marine life, and to provide additional
public access points.
The Dauphin Island Parkway is a north-south road linking Interstate 10 to Dauphin Island in southern
Mobile County. Shoreline erosion has occurred adjacent to the roadway, causing a loss of wetland habitat
for young shrimp, blue crab, speckled trout, oysters, red snapper, and dozens of other species.
The goal of the project is to reduce wave energy and subsequent erosion along Dauphin Island Parkway in
order to protect the causeway and to restore and enhance the Dauphin Island Causeway shoreline to
promote wetland vegetation re-growth in the area, improving the habitat for marine fish, invertebrates,
migratory birds and marine mammals. The proposed aquatic ecosystem restoration project involves a
protective engineered reef wave break; the planting of wetland habitat and the emplacement of hard
bottom substrate for oyster habitat.
The objectives of the project are to expand the protective buffer along the right of way of the causeway,
restore and enhance the causeway shoreline to promote wetland vegetation re-growth, improving the
habitat for marine life, and to provide additional public access points. This project was suggested by the
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
AUTHORIZED USES
o This project meets the criteria set forth in Authorized Use #1: projects and activities for the
conservation, protection, or restoration of coastal areas, including wetland.
o Justification: This project will restore coastal areas.
o Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is not applicable to this project.
State of Alabama Final Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan
Mobile County Tier Two Project Descriptions
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