Sea Level Development News Today

Oakland's elected officials voted 3-2 to spend another $120,000 to correctly remove shoreline sediment from Lake Apopka. The first attempt to collect the sand that deposited from the outfall canal failed.

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA — Ken Meister isn’t giving up on coastal living as work continues on his oceanfront home heavily damaged by hurricanes Ian and Nicole a year ago. Meister is building back stronger, securing his home with 30-foot pilings and a 12-foot-high seawall. “It’s taking a lot longer than expected or we hoped, but it’s getting done,” he said. But some of his neighbors are selling their ...

Residents said much beach restoration work remains to be done, more than two months after the second storm hit.

“There will come a time ... when you’re going to have lots of places like this all over Florida,” said Robert S. Young, an expert on coastal development.

“There will come a time ... when you’re going to have lots of places like this all over Florida,” said Robert S. Young, an expert on coastal development.