The federal government finalized $12 million in Army Corps of Engineers funding for the Tybee Island Shoreline Protection Project on Sept. 16, 2026, restoring money the Corps had initially excluded from its 2026 work plan, after Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock spent months pushing the Trump administration to reallocate it.
Why it matters
Tybee's entire ocean-facing beach, the town's main public space, its storm buffer and the reason most visitors come, had a fully designed, environmentally cleared renourishment project sitting without its federal share; this funding is what actually lets the Corps and the city move that project toward construction instead of leaving it stalled another cycle.
What to watch
The Corps and the City of Tybee Island have not announced a construction start date or contract award for this renourishment cycle; Talk Tybee's own project page describes work only as anticipated sometime in 2026-2027.
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