Edisto Beach Police Department: The long-awaited beach nourishment and groin lengthening project has begun! Please have patience as this project progresses. We realize people will be inconvenienced for a brief period of time in work zone areas. As sand is pumped from offshore, heavy equipment is necessary to move the sand. The contractors will be working 24 hours a day. There will be lights from the equipment on the beach at night and the heavy equipment has back-up alarms that cannot be turned off, as this is an OSHA requirement. The contractors will start around Beach Access 5 and will work toward the north so that the Town can nourish areas most heavily impacted by Hurricane Matthew. This will allow property owners to begin rebuilding. Visitors and residents should avoid work zone areas because of the hazards from heavy equipment. Please contact Iris Hill, Town Administrator at 843-869-2505 x 211 with any questions. Equipment operators will not be able to answer your questions or adjust the volume on the back-up alarms. Construction is set to be completed by May 2017.
