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Jupiter Ocean Mile, Page 15
Commissioner’s Update

Shoreline Protection Projects
Move Forward

By County Commissioner
Maria Marino
If you have visited our
beautiful beaches lately
in Juno Beach and at the
south end of Jupiter, you
may have wondered what’s The project location consists of the shoreline from a mile
going on with all the dump north to 1.4 miles south of the Juno Pier in the towns of Jupiter
trucks, bulldozers, large and Juno Beach. It was first nourished with offshore sand in
pipes and machinery. 2001, and renourished in 2010. This project, which is nearing
This is what beach completion, calls for approximately 969,600 cubic yards of
renourishment looks like. sand to refill the beach and replace much of what was lost from material from the pipes and separates the larger shells from
Officially, it is called Segment III of the North County Hurricane Irma. The expectation is that the wave action over the sand. While shells on the beach are natural, Palm Beach
Comprehensive Shore Protection Project, and is designed to the coming months will move much of it into the natural beach County’s environmental scientists advise that the sea turtles
address this State of Florida-designated “critically eroded” slope nearshore and replenish adjacent beaches. that nest along our coasts have more of a challenge digging
area. Ongoing erosion has the long-term potential to threaten Sand that is borrowed offshore approximately 1.7 miles through sand material that is too dense with shells. Since one
A1A, infrastructure, and beach habitat during severe storms, northeast of the Jupiter Inlet is pumped onto the dry beach of the benefits of the project is to protect and restore critical
so massive amounts of sand are being added to the coastal through huge metal pipes. Project contractor Great Lakes habitat, this machinery is helping to meet a vital need.
system to act as an environmentally sensitive buffer that will Dredge & Dock is utilizing a large machine patented by local Not to let those beautiful shells go to waste, Environmental
mitigate future storm impacts. subcontractor Fluidized Rock Systems, which takes the dredge Resources Management has provided a shell pile for the
public’s picking in the main parking lot of Carlin Park on
the east side of A1A. Their research indicates that most of
the shells are likely hundreds of years old. A majority of the
13,000 cubic yards of shell expected to be removed during the
project will be beneficially reused on other sensitive county
environmental projects such as creation of bird nesting habitat
and improvement of natural areas’ trails.
Construction work has been performed 24 hours per day,
seven days a week, and involved extensive outreach efforts to
the neighboring residents along the coast. The timing of the
project (November to February) was done to avoid impacts to
sea turtle nesting season. Any early season nests are relocated
and extensive additional environmental monitoring is done
throughout the project.
The $14 million dollar price tag leverages funding through
the Tourist Development bed tax (5 percent of total cost),
a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (5 percent of total cost), and Hurricane Irma impact
funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(90 percent of total cost).
In January 2020 as part of Segment I of the overall project
in the Jupiter/Carlin Beach area, 1.05 miles of beach was
nourished in response to damages sustained during passage of
Hurricane Irma. Approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sand
pumped onshore from a permitted offshore borrow area was
shaped and graded to form a natural beach slope. This year,
the area will receive an additional 200,000 cubic yards of sand
through maintenance dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway and
Jupiter Beach Specialists Jupiter Inlet by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Jupiter
Inlet District and the Florida Inland Navigational District.
Work to restore the dunes in Segment II, which runs for
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quarter of 2022.
These projects help preserve our treasured coastal resources,
amenities that greatly influence our local economy and high
quality of life.
Please contact me with your ideas and let me know how I
can assist you. You can reach me at (561) 355-2201 or by email
at mmarino@pbcgov.org.
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