Multimillion dollar beach project wraps up Shoreline on the northern end of Palm Beach County gets a facelift Share Updated: 6:47 PM EST Mar 4, 2021 Shoreline on the northern end of Palm Beach County gets a facelift Share Updated: 6:47 PM EST Mar 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript JUST WRAPPED UP A FEW DAYS AGO. HOW DID IT GO? LET’S TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS WHAT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHORELINE NEAR JUNEAU AND DO PRETTY LOOKS LIKE NOW UP CLOSE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE FROM UP HIGH. THAT IS NEARLY 1 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF SAND, THAT’S ALL PACKED INTO PLACE JUST IN TIME FOR TURTLE NESTING SEASO GOV. DESANTIS: AFTER WE -- >> AFTER WE FINISHED PLACING THE SAND ON THE BEACH WE RAN OVER ALL THE MATERIAL WITH A TILLING MACHINE TO KIND OF FLUFF IT UP, TO MAKE SURE THE TURTLES ARE HAPPY. MAKE SURE THEIR NESTING GO WELL. ANGELA: COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID WHILE THEY WERE DREDGING, THEY REMOVED ABOUT 11,000 CUBIC YARDS OF ROCK AND SHELL. THEY SAY THAT THAT WOULD HAVE MADE TURTLE NESTING MORE DIFFICULT. MOST OF THE SHELL MATERIAL WILL BE RE-USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS. AND SOME WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC. GOV. DESANTIS: -- THE OLIVES AND SHARK EYES GO IN A JAR IN THE HOUSE AND THE OTHERS OUTSIDE FOR LANDSCAPING. >> I USUALLY PLAY TENNIS THIS TIME OF DAY BUT I WAS TAKING THE DAY OFF AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ANGELA: OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE STORM PROTECTION, CRITICAL NESTING HABITAT, AND RECREATIONAL SPACES FOR YEARS TO COME. >> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM AND WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET ONE, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN AND OBVIOUSLY, BEACHES ARE CRITICAL. HAVING THE SAND OUT THERE TO