Lantana beach and the south entrance to the park will be closed for two weeks beginning on Feb. 28 for a restoration project.
The undertaking is the result of an interlocal agreement with the towns of Lantana, South Palm Beach and Palm Beach.
Sand will be transported by trucks to Lantana’s beach (and South Palm Beach) from an existing stockpile at Phipps Ocean Park.
The Lantana Town Council approved the agreement during a special meeting Feb. 9.
Mike Jenkins, the engineering consultant for Palm Beach, told Lantana officials during a workshop last December that if dune projects are done in concert together over a larger area, they tend to perform better.
“One of the critical aspects of this is if Lantana joins in this program to maintain a beach through repetitive dune projects, those projects will then become eligible for FEMA funds if there’s a declared disaster after a hurricane,” Jenkins said.
South Palm Beach will pay for the sand in exchange for ocean access from Lantana.
Lantana Town Manager Brian Raducci said the beach closing would not include the Dune Deck Café.
— Mary Thurwachter
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