If our governments don’t have the funds, we have to look to others for solutions,” Oldis said.“We are pleased that Rep. Upton came so he could understand our challenges, but what we are asking, he doesn’t have available. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. Congressman Fred Upton (second from left) talks with New Buffalo Mayor Pete Weber (second fromn right) during a March 30 tour of a lakefront neighborhood threatened by erosion. Shoreline Erosion New Buffalo Shoreline Alliance. See the presentation by the New Buffalo Shore Alliance, from late May 2017 by clicking the link below. You can see the presentation information here. Near record-high water levels, massive storms, high waves are all combining to make big changes to the Lake Michigan shoreline in the past few years. New Buffalo Twp.

At lower left is city's pump house, with two homes between it and the site of a home recently demolished by the city that was in danger of falling into the lake.U.S. 366 likes. To preserve and to protect the beaches and the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Southwest Michigan.

High 76F. “There are reports as early as 1961 that said the harbor was going to starve this area of sand. During the previous day's meeting, Anderson had proposed finding a new, long-term solution such as a system to flow the sand under the channel to the south of the breakwater.Upton’s visit was not without dissent, with several signs erected across from City Hall by residents Kim Krametbauer and Diana Nichols urging Upton to look into the city’s finances and council actions.Also, during the public comment section at the start of the meeting, Planning Commissioner Ray Kirkus said he was sorry Upton was not there to hear his comments, particularly since the Congressman’s visit caused the city to delay hearings that could lead to the dismissal of himself and Chairman Pat Fisher from the Planning Commission (those hearings were rescheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 6).“I’d like to ask the federal government to step in and see what is going on in our little town,” Kirkus said, charging that the writing and adoption of the master plan was the sole responsibility of the Planning Commission and that Mayor Pete Weber’s moves to become a “strong mayor” were illegal.After Kirkus' comments, the meeting was recessed until Upton’s arrival more than an hour later.NEW BUFFALO — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton was scheduled to make an in-person inspection of New Buffalo shore erosion on Wednesday, March 30, beginning at approximately 3 p.m. with an informal session at New Buffalo City Hall, 224 W. Buffalo St.The on-site inspection was expected to center around the city’s pump house, located at the foot of Shore Drive, just northwest of the city’s water filtration plant on Knox Drive.City officials and homeowners have been seeking national and state support in their hope to restore the beaches that protected the shoreline prior to the building of the New Buffalo breakwater, which was completed in 1975. Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.116 Safari/537.36

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Post was not sent - check your email addresses! 22699dfc0b3be2f274c7906a7d5e95f4947908f0 Michigan’s Big Show Puts Spotlight On New Buffalo Shore Erosion November 11, 2019 Local Stories Near record-high water levels, massive storms, high waves are all combining to make big changes to the Lake Michigan shoreline in the past few years.

It was done for years,” Oldis said, referring to the program of replenishing the beaches with sand dredged from the harbor until funding ended in the 1990s.Oldis was joined by other affected residents, including Jim Carson, whose Warwick Shores Homeowners Association spent $1.5 million last summer on a stone revetment, and Ron Watson, president of the lakefront Sunset Shores Homeowners Association.“What are we to do?