GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — Regular visitors to the beach at Grand Have State Park have noticed some big changes recently. The sand has gotten more crowded as the beach has gotten a little smaller.
“There's not a lot of space for people to play volleyball, have picnics, run around, swim," Traci Balderas said as she walked the beach Tuesday afternoon.
But beachgoers like her can look forward to having more fun this summer because there will be more beach to play on. By the time the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' annual dredging of the channel is complete, there will be another 31,000 cubic yards of sand along the waterfront.
"They've lost a lot of material over the last few years due to the high water levels, and we're trying to get some of that back," USACE Area Engineer Thomas O’Bryan said. "To provide an extra 100 feet of beach for 1,000, 1,500 feet along is a great benefit to all the locals."
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