Abstract
Twenty-one low-crested breakwaters were constructed to function as benthic habitat and reduce shoreline erosion rates as part of Phase III of the Early Restoration Framework Agreement in accordance with the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. NOAA initiated a seven-year post-construction monitoring plan, of which two years are completed. Post-construction monitoring results so far indicate that the project is currently exceeding biological and shoreline-position performance goals. The project partially meets breakwater elevation goals, but the breakwater appears to be functioning as designed. All annual monitoring reports will be available on the NRDA Trustees’ project webpage at https://www.gulfspillrestoration. noaa.gov/project?id=12.
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