Government considers Dauphin Island sand levee to protect road - al.com

Government considers Dauphin Island sand levee to protect road - al.com: "The Federal Emergency Management Agency is considering funding construction of a sand levee on the west end of Dauphin Island that would border the south side of Bienville Boulevard and block side roads, officials said this week.

Officials described the project as a levee rather than a sand berm, two of which have washed away in storms of recent years.

Last year, FEMA decided against rebuilding a protective berm that stretched for three miles along the west end beach, just south of the last line of houses facing the Gulf of Mexico."