BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In addition to houses and companies, Hurricane Michael displaced greater than 400 million cubic yards of Mexico Seashore’s shoreline.
This yr metropolis officers started a re-nourishment challenge to place the sand again on the seashore. Weeks Marine Firm contractors at the moment are placing the ultimate touches on the challenge.
“We’re doing the final minute a part of it, which is the seashore planting course of the place we’re planting dune vegetation in addition to ending up among the areas with the dunes and all the things. We’ve been engaged on it for a little bit over eight years. Hurricane Michael did velocity up the necessity to put our sand again basically and strengthen our shoreline,” Neighborhood Growth Council President Kimberly Shoaf mentioned.
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The crew are labored in 1500-foot sections, shifting westward down the seashore.
The three-month challenge added 3 miles of 14-foot dunes, ranging from El Governor resort to the Mexico Seashore canal.
Contractors laid out their gear to extract a million cubic yards of sand from a borrowed sand website that has the identical high quality of sand as Mexico Seashore. They then used a dredge to excavate that sand up and produce it onto the seashore to be unfold out.
“So it’s actual prime quality sand and simply placing all that sand on the market to assist defend, you already know, the houses and constructions sooner or later. As a result of throughout Hurricane Michael, with 17, 20 foot waves and these dunes will assist break these down and attempt to assist these constructions sooner or later,” Commissioner Robert Carroll mentioned.
Inside two weeks the vegetation of the dunes might be full. The challenge might be finalized in-time for the start of turtle season in Could.
The seashore is at present open, however authorities are reminding those that strolling on the dunes is against the law and carries a high-quality.
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