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Palm Beach County plans to use state money to expand a program of installing buoys and anchor pins along the shoreline in Boca Raton, Palm Beach and Ocean Ridge.
Commissioner Steven Abrams said the project, already under way, would add 28 buoys using money from private donations in conjunction with The Wildlife Foundation of Florida’s endowment fund. Permitting has already been secured.
Buoys are tethered to the ocean floor using pins similar to oversized nails to provide boaters a safe and convenient spot to tie up while they dive. Using the mooring buoys, boaters can eliminate the risk of harming delicate sea life with their anchors.
Some buoys have already been installed off the coast of Palm Beach. Plans call for adding 10 more at popular dive sites off the shores of Boca Raton at Patch Reef in September or October.
Next year, provided funding is available, buoys will be installed off the shores of Ocean Ridge.
— Staff Report
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