$3.75M grant to help slow erosion of a steep bluff at village-owned Port Jefferson Country Club

Port Jefferson officials have been awarded a $3.75 million federal grant to help slow erosion of a steep cliff before it collapses a clubhouse and tennis courts at a village-owned golf club.  Erosion at the top of the East Beach bluff has crept to within a few feet of the foundation of the Port Jefferson Country Club clubhouse, village officials and Sen. Chuck Schumer said as they announced the grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The grant will help pay for a $9 million project to add steel plates at the top and bottom of the bluff and plant vegetation to stem further erosion, officials said. “The East Beach is eroding rapidly,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Newsday on Monday. “It’s going to stabilize the East Beach bluff … and assure that this can be used for decades to come.” Port Jefferson officials said the bluff overlooking Long Island Sound has been eroding for about a decade due to sea level rise. Waves scouring the bottom part of the cliff caused the top of the bluff to slide downhill, they said. Aerial photographs taken about two years ago by a village consultant showed an approximately 400-foot section of the bluff had been washed away. The edge of the
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