A bulldozer is used to push sand from a discharge pipe into place during a federally funded
shore protection project by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock on May 17, 2013 in Fort Pierce, Florida.
The New York City
projects are (1) «The Big U», a series of berms and bridges around lower Manhattan, (2) «Living Breakwaters», a series of breakwaters off the south
shore of Staten Island, and (3) «Lifelines», to provide flood
protection systems for Hunts Point, the site of a major food market that functions as a hub of the region's food supply chain.
Channel Islands Harbor is a combined
shore -
protection project and small craft harbor located at the southern end of the Santa Barbara Channel in Oxnard, California.