Steel & Heavy Timber Bulkheads
The authorized work. Engineered shoreline reinforcement built to a reviewed design — currently the only route to a new bulkhead on the Oak Point shoreline.
Oak Point, TX · Denton County
Bulkheads and shoreline work in Oak Point.
Oak Point sits on the windward end of Lake Lewisville — a low peninsula pushing into the widest open water on the reservoir. Shoretech is currently the only contractor the Corps of Engineers permits to build shoreline reinforcement on this lake.
Your Stretch of Water
The exposed end of the lake, and everybody here knows it.
West-facing frontage across the widest part of the basin, south-facing points looking straight down the long axis.
Oak Point occupies the east shore of the wide upper main body of Lake Lewisville — a peninsula pushing west-southwest into the reservoir, facing Shady Shores and Corinth across open water on the far side. The city sits just south of US 380 and Cross Roads, north of Lakewood Village across an intervening cove, and northwest of Little Elm. Lakeshore Boulevard runs south through the older lake neighborhoods to a terminus right at the water.
The city's frontage is the western and southwestern face of that peninsula plus the coves cut into it, and the exposure is the whole story. The west-facing bank takes the full width of the basin; the southern points look down the longest open reach on the lake. University of North Texas research on this reservoir found wind exceeds 2 mph more than ninety percent of the time, averages a little over 9 mph, and blows prevailingly from the south-southeast — the same line as the main branch, which is what lengthens the run of water building a wave before it reaches you. The damaging events above 20 mph come from that same southerly quadrant. The Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club moved here from White Rock Lake in 1956 precisely because this end of the lake is open. What makes it good sailing is what makes the bank work for a living.
Underfoot, the profile is gentle. Ground rises only modestly from the 522-foot conservation pool through the surrounding country, and the backshore across this lake is a thin blanket of Quaternary terrace alluvium — sand, gravel and clay — sitting on Upper Cretaceous bedrock. The bank alternates between shallow timbered flats inside the coves and steeper cut faces on the exposed western and southern points. Those two conditions want different walls, which is why the design starts with a site visit rather than a catalog.
522 ft
Conservation pool, msl — the Corps holds fee title below this and a band above it
537 ft
Top of the perpetual flowage easement, marked by brass-capped concrete monuments
4–8 ft
Normal annual fluctuation per Texas Parks & Wildlife — what a wall is sized to
Dec 2027
Current end date of Shoretech's sole authorization to build bulkheads here
Why This Page Exists
One contractor is permitted to build bulkheads on this lake.
The Corps of Engineers stopped permitting shoreline reinforcement on Lake Lewisville after years of walls built by people who did not know how, which failed. A property owner pushed for an exception; permitting took a year. The Corps reviewed the design, Dave built the wall, they came out and inspected it — and rather than reopening the lake to everyone, they authorized one contractor.
Shoretech has been that contractor since, through the end of December 2027, renewable. It is a permission, not a work history: it does not mean we have built in Oak Point, and it does not make your permit automatic. It means a wall is possible on this lake at all. The Lake Lewisville page tells the whole story.
1
Steel and heavy timber bulkheads
Reinforcement at the water line, on the exposed western and southern faces where it is usually needed. Embedment, tiebacks, drainage and backfill sized to the lake's operating range and submitted as a design the Corps reviews.
2
Retaining walls above the federal line
Erosion control and slope stabilization on the private ground you actually own, uphill of the Corps boundary. Ordinary private construction, no federal permit — and frequently the correct answer when the loss is happening above the water rather than at it.
3
Repair inside an existing permit
Substructure, decking, roof, lift and electrical on a boathouse that already carries a shoreline use permit — kept to what the Lake Office will approve, where the structure already stands.
What Shoretech Offers Here
Services matched to what Oak Point allows.
New boathouses and new docks are not on this list. The Corps is not permitting them at Lewisville — for anyone — and we would rather say so in the first phone call.
Retaining Walls & Erosion Control
Bank protection and slope work above the Corps boundary in steel, vinyl, FRP composite or heavy timber, chosen for the soil and the exposure rather than what is on the truck.
Boathouse Repair & Rebuild
Bringing an inherited, permitted structure back to working condition without moving it — the realistic path to covered moorage on a lake closed to new construction.
POA, Club & Commercial Waterfront
Shoreline for organizations that hold their own agreement with the Corps — POA common areas, clubs and municipal frontage, where the wall has a job beyond one back yard.
Around Oak Point
Where the shoreline calls come from.
The city splits sharply by era — older platted lake subdivisions on the water, 2010s master-planned communities set back from it. Almost all real frontage here is private or POA-held; the city owns and operates only the boat ramp.
On or Near the Water
- Crescent Oaks Beach Estates
- Emerald Sound
- Yacht Club Estates
- Shores Acres
- Eagles Landing
- Woodridge Estates
- Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club
- Lakeshore Blvd & McCormack Rd
Inland & Land-Side Work
- Wildridge
- Chaparral Park
- Hunters Ridge
- Prairie Oaks
- Wellington Trace
- South Oak
- Gates of Waters Edge
- Retaining walls & slope control
Emerald Sound runs to large-lot custom waterfront with direct water access; Crescent Oaks, Shores Acres and Yacht Club Estates mix modest original cottages with rebuilt customs, with POA amenities at the end of Lakeshore Boulevard. Wildridge and Chaparral Park sell lake views and HOA open space rather than deeded frontage — which usually puts their work above the federal line, where no Corps permit is involved at all.
Talk it through with DaveStraight Answers
Oak Point shoreline FAQ.
Can I get a bulkhead permitted on my Oak Point shoreline?
A bulkhead is possible on Lake Lewisville right now, and Shoretech is currently the only contractor the Corps of Engineers has permitted to build one. That is a permission to build to a reviewed design, not a guarantee for any particular lot — your own shoreline still has to qualify, and the Corps still has to say yes to your address. What it does mean is that a Crescent Oaks or Emerald Sound owner watching the bank go has a route that did not exist a few years ago. The authorization runs through the end of December 2027 and is renewable.
Do I own the bank behind my Oak Point house?
Very often not. The Corps of Engineers holds fee title to the land below 522 feet msl plus a band above it, with a perpetual flowage easement up to 537 feet, and the boundary is marked on the ground by concrete monuments with brass caps. On a low peninsula like Oak Point that line can sit well up the slope from the water you look at. Before anything is designed, get a survey that shows exactly where it crosses your lot. A wall built a few feet on the wrong side of it is an expensive mistake to undo.
Can I add a new boathouse or dock in Oak Point?
No. The Corps is not allowing construction of new boat houses or docks at Lewisville Lake, and the bulkhead authorization does not change that. The only route to one here is buying a property that already carries a permitted structure. That permit runs five years, currently costs $35, is not transferable, and the structure cannot be relocated from where it stands. Shoretech will repair or rebuild an inherited, permitted boathouse where it sits — we will not sell you a new one that cannot be permitted.
How do you get equipment into the older lakefront streets?
Carefully, and it gets discussed before anything is scheduled. The older platted subdivisions off Lakeshore Boulevard have narrow streets and tight turnarounds, while the newer communities inland have wide collectors but no frontage, so shoreline there is reached across private lots. The city ramp at the south terminus of Lakeshore Boulevard is approached through a neighborhood off McCormack Road. Tell Dave how you get to your water and he will tell you whether the job stages from the land side, the water side, or both. Call 936-662-5100.
Who do I talk to at the Corps of Engineers about Oak Point shoreline?
Requests go in writing to the Natural Resource Manager at the Trinity Regional Project Office, 1801 N. Mill St, Lewisville, Texas, 469-645-9100. That office administers everything below the taking line at Oak Point. Shoretech works to designs that office has reviewed, which is how the current authorization came about in the first place.
Nearby
Same lake, next town over.
The Window Has A Date On It
Planning a wall on the Oak Point shoreline?
The authorization runs through December 2027 and permitting on this lake has never been quick — the job that established it took a year. If a bulkhead is anywhere on your list for the next couple of seasons, start the conversation now rather than against the calendar. Tell Dave where the Corps boundary falls on your survey and what the bank is doing; the design follows from there.