Tybee getting beach renourishment

Tybee Island’s beach is getting an 11-million dollar injection of new sand. The project headed by the Army Corps of Engineers is the first time since 2000 that the state’s largest public beach has been renourished with new sand to repair erosion. Tybee’s beach has been in dire need of help, with portions so eroded it has disappeared underwater during high tide. The Army Corps began the project last week by pumping sand from the ocean floor. Work will be complete sometime in January after around 120,000 truck loads of sand have been spread.