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Jacksonville, Florida (Sept. 26, 2022) -- On September 26, 2022, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the Miami-Dade Coastal Storm Risk Management Project for congressional approval. The Recommended Plan is for approximately 6.1 miles of periodic beach nourishment, including dune and berm features, through Bal Harbour Village, the Town of Surfside, and portions of the City of Miami Beach as well as a series of groins to be constructed in Bal Harbour, Fla. In addition to providing economic benefits, this plan will also contributes to the creation of habitat for nesting sea turtles and shorebirds through the restoration of the eroded beach and dune system. The signing of the report means the recommended project could receive Congressional authorization in a future Water Resources Development Act. Learn more about efforts in this area by following U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District.
the Miami-Dade County CSRM study found that we can reduce risk along the Miami-Dade County, ocean shoreline from erosion, inundation, and wave attack utilizing beach nourishment in Bal Harbour, Surfside, and portions of Miami Beach, along with a series of groins in Bal Harbour. Various sand sources were identified, including by-passing from Bakers Haulover Inlet, back-passing from the accretional areas of South Beach, and new offshore borrow areas within State waters offshore of Miami-Dade County.
The existing federal beach nourishment project for the Miami-Dade County Main Segment has been largely successful, since 1975, at preventing coastal storm damage to structures and infrastructure along the ocean shoreline while balancing the needs for recreation, tourism, and natural resources in an intensely developed urban environment. The recommended plan derived from this study will continue to reduce coastal storm risk along the ocean shoreline in a way that is consistent with current USACE policy; in a way that strategically uses limited sand sources and erosion control structures to efficiently and effectively engineer a shoreline that can be sustained as sea levels continue to rise.
| Date Taken: | 09.28.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.12.2022 17:04 |
| Story ID: | 431162 |
| Location: | JACKSONVILLE , FL, US |
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