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State plans to add sand to eroded Robert Moses beach
Quick ReadThe sand will replenish the beach at Field 5, which has been badly eroded by storms over the past year.
Photo credit: Newsday File / Mahala Gaylord. | A beach at Robert Moses State Park has erosion up to the dune line after a November storm. (Nov. 20, 2009)
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The state parks department is arranging to place 200,000 cubic yards of sand on a badly eroded section of beach at Robert Moses State Park so it can be used by the public this summer.
The sand will replenish the beach at Field 5, which has been so badly eroded by storms over the past year that it sometimes disappears at high tide and has been closed off periodically.
The sand has been...
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