The North End Restoration Project uses a regional sediment management approach to address jetty-induced sediment deprivation and accelerated erosion on Assateague Island, Maryland. The biannual sand bypassing project dredges sand from the ebb and flood tidal deltas and places it in the nearshore area of the project site rather than on the upper shoreface, thereby replicating natural sediment transport processes and minimizing adverse impacts to subaerial habitats. Calm weather has prevailed since sand bypassing began, and accretion occurred at all depths within the placement area and at shallow depths to the north and south. Erosion occurred at lower depths and north of the ebb tidal delta attachment bar, which may block sand transport to the northernmost shoreface and where and where wave refraction over the ebb tidal delta and unique tidal circulation patterns contribute to upper shoreface erosion.
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