The Florida Department of Transportation is putting almost $8.7 million into an effort to restore a section of beach dune in Flagler Beach north of the city pier.
The work will cover a 2.8-mile stretch area of land that is not included in other current or planned dune renourishment projects, including the Army Corps of Engineers’ 2.6-mile beach planned renourishment project from Sixth Street South to South 28th Street; the county’s dune renourishment program, which covers the northern 12 miles of the county’s coastline; or a joint Florida Department of Transportation and Florida Department of Environmental Protection project for South 28th Street to the Volusia County line.
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Anticipating significant impacts associated with sea level rise by 2040, Satellite Beach is moving its public works building to higher ground. Photo by Amy Green
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what s the whole story behind Piney Point?
Bottom Line: I was working on this story last week prior to the good news that a crisis had been averted and turned my attention to other issues based on breaking news out the state legislative session. Governor DeSantis’s decision to put an end to the site, as he ordered Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection to create a closure plan brought this back into the news and it’s a good opportunity to establish how we arrived here. Also, because everything seemingly is politicized these days it’s helpful to cut through some of the incomplete reporting about how the Piney Point reservoir became an environmental catastrophe in the making.