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Work on the Central Avenue beach nourishment project is nearing completion.

Unlike a similar project this year at Portage Lakefront Park, the sand for Central Avenue Beach has been trucked in, not dredged.

The Portage sand came from dredging done at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor.

The Beverly Shores project included an estimated 54,000 tons of sand. Central Avenue was closed during the beach nourishment project to accommodate the wide trucks. A section of the roadway, over a culvert, had to be reinforced because the trucks are so heavy, said Bruce Rowe, Indiana Dunes National Park spokesman.

“We’re really looking forward to getting that project done,” Rowe said.

So are Beverly Shores Town Council members.

“The town of Beverly Shores sees beach nourishment as a vital objective since the shoreline sand west from Michigan City into Beverly Shores is routinely eroded,” Councilman Thomas Weber said. “This is due to effects from the (Michigan City) harbor and the high lake levels.”