Posted on March 7, 2017
By Cole Heath, WOKV
St. Johns County needs almost 16,000 truckloads of sand to rebuild its beaches after Hurricane Matthew.
Crews will dredge that sand from the Intracoastal Waterway and St. Augustine Inlet.
Starting next month, the county, the Florida Inland Navigational District and the Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging.
“It will provide a lot of protection for the homeowners on the beach line,” County Public Works Director Neal Shinkre said. “It’s pipelined in, it’s been sucked from the inlet and pushed and pumped north and displaced.”
County officials say the project will cost between $3 million and $5 million using nontaxpayer funding, and wraps up in mid-May.
For more information, please call 904-209-0794.
Source: WOKV
