We saw some devastating effects from the storm that hit our coast this week. It hit our beaches especially hard, as many of them are still recovering from last year’s hurricanes. Dramatic amounts of sand intended for restoration projects have been lost.”Unfortunately, after this nor’easter storm, at least 50 percent of that sand was lost,” said county engineer Faith Alkatib. From Malacompra Park, north to Washington Oaks State Park, the dunes again show steep drops called scarfing. There were two different sand restoration projects that were recently completed and in both projects, 50% of the newly laid sand was washed away. out due to the battering of wind-driven waves from the typhoon. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over. We don’t have any funds at this time to go back and do above and beyond what we did recently,” Alkatib said. The two projects had different funding sources. The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided $3.8 million for 50 thousand cubic yards of sand lost during Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the DEP provided another $1.8 million for 24 thousand cubic yards to shore up the sand dunes in Washington Oaks. While the loss of more than half of the sand seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars, county engineer Alkhatib says recent food restoration has protected homes. No flooding.”If we want to keep our beaches, our sands, this is the only option we have at this time, to continue to maintain and continue to provide as much as we can,” said writer County officials say to actually do renourishment in this area where the storm took the sand, about 11.4 miles, the cost would be upwards of $100 million, money that, even now, they don’t have. But officials say they are working to identify additional financing for projects not yet on the books and say funding has been earmarked for some that are scheduled. Efforts to preserve Mother Nature are expensive and ongoing. A long-awaited sand restoration project at Flagler Beach, a 2.6-mile Army Corp of Engineers project, is scheduled to begin early next year. Top headlines: Drake Bell appears to explain ‘missing’ trial 2 women dead after Orlando shooting, deputies say Tiki bar burned in New Smyrna Beach
We saw some devastating effects from the storm that hit our coast this week.
It hit our beaches especially hard, as many of them are still recovering from last year’s hurricanes.
Vast quantities of sand earmarked for restoration projects are now gone.
“Unfortunately, after this nor’easter storm, we lost at least 50 percent of that sand,” said county engineer Faith Alkatib.
From Malacompra Park, north to Washington Oaks State Park, the dunes again present a steep drop called scarfing.
There are two different sand restoration projects that have been completed recently and in both projects, 50% of the newly laid sand is being washed away by storm-driven winds.
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s finished. We don’t have the funds at this time to go back and do more and more than what we did recently,” Alkatib said.
The two projects have different funding sources.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided $3.8 million for 50 thousand cubic yards of sand lost during Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the DEP provided another $1.8 million for 24 thousand cubic yards to shore up the dunes at Washington Oaks.
While losing more than half of the sand seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars, county engineer Alkhatib says the recent restoration protects homes.
No floods.
“If we want to keep our beaches, our sands, this is the only option we have at this time, to keep maintaining and continue to give as much as we can,” said Alkhatib.
County officials say to actually do renourishment in this area where the storm took the sand, about 11.4 miles, the cost would be upwards of $100 million, money that, even now, they don’t have.
But officials say they are working to identify additional financing for projects not yet on the books and say funding has been earmarked for some that are scheduled.
Efforts to preserve Mother Nature are expensive and ongoing.
A long-awaited sand renourishment project at Flagler Beach, about a 2.6-mile Army Corp of Engineers project, is scheduled to begin early next year.
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