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1 Florida property owner holding up massive dune restoration project, officials say
1 Florida property proprietor holding up large dune restoration mission, officers say
For years, the county has been working with the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers to rebuild the dunes on a two-and-a-half-mile stretch of seashore in that space. The county says extra sand and a much bigger seashore will present extra safety.
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Final week, components of State Street A1A in Flagler County had been washed into the ocean.
For years, the county has been working with the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers to rebuild the dunes on a two-and-a-half-mile stretch of seashore in that space. The county says extra sand and a much bigger seashore will present extra safety.
The plan has its approvals and permits and will begin as quickly as subsequent June, however after getting permission to rebuild from the homeowners of 139 properties, one individual is holding out.
Properties alongside that stretch include small items of land on the beachside of the highway that homeowners cannot do a lot with, apart from construct a walk-over.
The county could not say who the property proprietor is or why they’re holding out, however it could actually’t transfer ahead with out them.
“You can’t go away a niche within the mission,” stated Religion Alkhatib, Flagler County’s engineer. “It’s going to create extra destruction to the dune system and to the roadway by leaving that hole.”
Additional north within the county, beachside properties had been inundated with sand that used to make up their dunes.
That space shouldn’t be a part of the Military Corps of Engineers mission, however the county is trying into discovering federal cash to assist that space too.