beach renourisment

[tarpon192]

Here is a picture of trucked in sand at pineda and a1a. The dump trucks were being loaded, then driving onto the beach.
What a waste of money!!!

 

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[tarpon192]

Renourishment. Sorry. Left the H out in heading. Fingers are too big to type on my phone.

 

[GatorBoy]

11 foot seas predicted for next Friday that should help put the money in the water.

 

[bigscoop]

I suppose it all goes back to budget estimates, "if you don't use it all up this year you're likely to get a smaller budget next year." Sadly, this type of budget fixing has become rooted in the big business bean counter money projection system. As a result, from year to year, some venues are left under funded while others end up with a surplus. Those with the surplus usually make certain that they spend every dime of their allowed yearly budgets weather they need to or not, if they don't they run the risk of having their following year's budget reduced which could leave them under funded and desperate in the future.

 

[S.S.Tupperware]

You sure hit the nail on the head there...

 

[bigscoop]

More then once, I've seen the same Corp/Big Business allow one portion of its business to fall completely part while other portions of its business continued to spend their surplus budgets frivolously before year's end. Dare the department manager with the surplus to offer the aid of his surplus to the under-funded and failing portion of the business. To do this would put to risk his future budget and possibly even be cause for his replacement. It is a system that causes a lot of waste and unnecessary creative spending, but it is often the system embraced.

 

[teklord]

The high winds and heavy surf of recent weeks have added to the woes caused by Hurricane Sandy, which raked more than a half-million cubic yards of sand off the island’s beaches as it rolled up the eastern seaboard a year ago.
In the 13 months since, Indian River County Coastal Engineer James Gray has been working to get the money and permits needed to replace the sand that had been placed on beaches from John’s Island to Treasure Shores Park during the last ill-fated replenishment project.
As early as January, the county hopes to once again rebuild some of these beaches, but the scope will be much smaller this time as money for only about 155,000 cubic yards of sand is budgeted.
Also in January, the Sebastian Inlet District will begin rebuilding a three-mile stretch of beach starting about a half a mile south of the inlet to about a half a mile south of Ambersand Beach.
For the county’s project, finding enough sand before spring turtle nesting season could be a problem and perhaps even delay the project for another year.
Above from VeroNews. Most of south Florida is running out of local sand. It may need to be imported if they can get the permits.