FILE - A load of sand is dumped on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want federal officials to expedite a beach replenishment project planned for 2024 so that it creates usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work might not start until the fall. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
This March 13, 2024 photo shows an eroded beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want the federal government to accelerate a beach replenishment project so that they have usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could be fall before the work begins. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
FILE - A bulldozer spreads freshly dumped sand on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want federal officials to expedite a beach replenishment project planned for 2024 so that it creates usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work might not start until the fall. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
FILE - A load of sand is dumped on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want federal officials to expedite a beach replenishment project planned for 2024 so that it creates usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work might not start until the fall. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
This March 13, 2024 photo shows an eroded beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want the federal government to accelerate a beach replenishment project so that they have usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could be fall before the work begins. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
This March 13, 2024 photo shows an eroded beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want the federal government to accelerate a beach replenishment project so that they have usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could be fall before the work begins. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Only a narrow strip of sand sits between the ocean waves and the dunes in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J. on March 13, 2024. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want the federal government to accelerate a beach replenishment project so that they have usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could be fall before the work begins. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Only a narrow strip of sand sits between the ocean waves and the dunes in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J. on March 13, 2024. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want the federal government to accelerate a beach replenishment project so that they have usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could be fall before the work begins. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Only a narrow strip of sand sits between the ocean waves and the dunes in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J. on March 13, 2024. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want the federal government to accelerate a beach replenishment project so that they have usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could be fall before the work begins. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)