<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=47FTks_0vjGpwtW00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=47FTks_0vjGpwtW00" width="1020" height="817" ><figcaption>Robert Keistler, a project management section chief with the Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District, appeared before Oak Island Town Council Sept. 11 to discuss a sand deal. (Photo by Eliot Duke)</figcaption></figure><p>Oak Island approved a memorandum of agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month that will enable the town to purchase sand at a discounted rate for its ongoing beach renourishment efforts. </p><p>Council approved the agreement at the board’s Sept. 10 meeting after hearing from Robert Keistler, the project management section chief with the Corps who presented the offer to purchase extra sand in June. The Army Corps of Engineers is proceeding with its bi-annual dredging of the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar this year and Keistler said the project is expected to yield a significant amount of sand that Oak Island can purchase. </p></div></body>

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Corps offers sand to Oak Island at discount cost

Oak Island approved a memorandum of agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month that will enable the town to purchase sand at a discounted rate for its ongoing beach renourishment efforts. Council approved the agreement at the board’s Sept. 10 meeting after hearing from Robert Keistler, the...