Some Park Point Residents Buried In Silt After Beach Nourishment Project
City officials say the 'nuisance' is better than Lake Superior swallowing up property from chronic erosion.
DULUTH, Minn. – Some homeowners on Park Point are getting buried in fine sand and silt, and some are even losing their yards to inches of the super fine particles. The problem is a result of the beach nourishment project from last year that built back multiple feet of beach by using dredging leftovers from the harbor. The city calls…