Work is finished on Dauphin Island’s East End beach and dune restoration, officials announced Thursday — an environmental project that began earlier this year and has now fortified 80 acres of coastal habitat. The $22 million project, funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and National Coastal Resilience Fund, repurposed over one million cubic yards of sand dredged from Mobile Bay’s shipping channel to restore roughly 1.5 miles of shoreline. Mayor Jeff Collier says the beneficial us