Sand loss in places like Rainbow Beach has uncovered old lakefill material. Four Rogers Park beaches remain closed, and major projects are on hold while the city seeks funding.
Juneway Beach in Chicago on May 24, 2022, with rocks replacing sand.
“Until lake levels ramped up abruptly starting in 2013,” Mattheus said, “lake levels were really low, and people sort of forgot about what high lake levels could do.” Juanita Irizarry, the executive director of Friends of the Parks, has been an advocate for an open and accessible lakeshore for Chicagoans, whether that means a continuous, unobstructed lakefront or supporting community-minded park programming. She said she recognizes that, in the near future, access to Chicago’s beaches could be hindered by erosion.
Conversations around access also play into overcrowding considerations. In addition to COVID-19 risks as the city recently moved to a “high” community level, overcrowded beaches can contribute to erosion where sand is already scarce.“Unless there’s a nice, wide beach for people to spread out, if you allow people to come as a large crowd on a small beach, there’s probably a safety factor that’s involved,” Mattheus said.
“We’re trying to figure out where and how and why the sand tends to be in certain places,” Mattheus said. “We’re going to try to inventory all the sand that’s out there and available for the beaches of Chicago.”
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