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.