As part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers effort, a contractor places sand on an existing coastal storm risk reduction project on Long Beach Island, NJ, that was severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The Corps' Philadelphia District is managing the project. In total, more than 26 million cubic yards of sand will be placed along the coastline throughout the northeastern United States to restore coastal storm risk reduction projects previously built by the Corps. The bulk of the sand, roughly 23 million cubic yards, will be placed in New York and New Jersey.