By Steve Plunkett
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. is back offshore pumping sand from the ebb shoal just south of the Boca Raton Inlet to beaches south of the inlet.
The roughly 1 mile of beaches between the inlet and the city limit with Deerfield Beac
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach is facing months of continued delays to beginning its much-anticipated beach restoration project.
The town had hoped to start work on its eroding beachfront this fall. But Mayor Bonnie Fischer now says it’s unlikely an
By Rich Pollack
In what might be shaping up as part of a continuing battle over beach-compatible sand offshore, Highland Beach is hoping to find ways to keep the valued but rapidly vanishing resource off its coast from going to neighboring cities.
It
OCEAN RIDGE: Bulldozers work in the surf at the north end of Palm Beach County’s Hammock Park as sand is pumped from the dredge through the floating pipe and then to shore, where a sand and water slurry is spread to widen the beach. Photos by Jerry L
Florida (left) may import sand from the Bahamas for use in beach renourishment. The light blue areas of this satellite image show the shallow bottom around the Bahamas. Photo by NASA
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Dredging operations to renourish the central beach area of Boca Raton were set to begin March 29, the city said.
Contractor Weeks Marine Inc. will dredge approximately 530,000 cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas about 2,500 feet offshore and pla
By Steve Plunkett
Negotiations are still underway on how much the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will pay to renourish the city’s central beaches, a project scheduled to begin this month.
Boca Raton is counting on getting $3.7 million from
By Dan Moffett
Four years ago, Bonnie Fischer won a seat on the South Palm Beach Town Council and quickly made beach restoration her priority.
In March, she won the town’s election for mayor. Her priority hasn’t changed and neither have the questi
A bulldozer levels the sand escarpment in Ocean Ridge just south of Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park while beachgoers and sea shell collectors enjoy the beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
In a surprise move by the contractor, dr
By Cheryl Blackerby
Storm fronts with 30-plus mph winds throughout November stalled four beach renourishment projects.
The dredge was originally scheduled to start work on the south Boca Raton beach Nov. 5. But the dredge was forced to return t
By Steve Plunkett
A federal contractor paid by the city will have its dredge off Boca Raton’s south beaches the first week of November.
City Council members waived normal bidding procedures Oct. 22 to take advantage of Marinex Construction
By Cheryl Blackerby
More than 100 people looking for long-term solutions for Palm Beach County’s storm-battered beaches crowded into the Boca Raton Resort and Club’s Valencia ballroom June 15 for the second meeting of Protect Our Beaches.
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Situated among the trees and mountains along the scenic Hudson River, Kingston, New York seems far away from the salty blue waves of the Atlantic and South Florida. Yet, just 100 miles inland from the World Trade Center, at the southern tip of Manha
Workers prepare the concrete cap for replacement of one of many
seawalls damaged during Hurricane Sandy along the beach in Manalapan.
More than 150 truckloads of sand were hauled to the north end of Delray Beach. A massive project to pump in sand
Days of pounding waves during Hurricane Sandy left much of Delray Beach eroded. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
Delray Beach’s beach restoration, part of a routine, 10-year renourishment plan, will start in February, but beach p
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton plans to create a special assessment district on the barrier island to guarantee it has money for future beach renourishment.
Municipal Services Director Bob DiChristopher gave preliminary figures at the City Council’s goal
By Kelly Wolfe
The U.S. Supreme Court in June affirmed a ruling that said when public money isused for beach re-nourishment, the beach then becomes publicly owned, despite deeds indicating buyers owned the beach down to the high water mark.
The ru
