but taking large volumes of sand and regularly placing it on the beach," he explained. Some residents are calling for a concrete or stone wall, but Tarr said state law prohibits what's called a ...

To deal with the effects, the town will add sand to the shore and extend a granite barrier wall, originally built in the 1980s, that currently protects 11 houses on the sand from erosion.

Stones put in place to try to halt the erosion of sand along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Ogden Dunes, Indiana, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Ogden Dunes started constructing a stone revetment wall ...