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June 14, 2024
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The City of Isle of Palms Discusses Shoal Management Project Concerns
Sullivan’s Island Palmettos Receive a Reprieve
By: Joshua Uys
By: Brian Sherman
At least two members of the Isle of Palms City Council are less than enamored with the idea that the city is considering moving sand from one area of the beach to another to address erosion on the north end of the island.
The good news for Sullivan’s Island residents who are mourning the potential loss of a large number of historically significant trees is that a contractor hired by Dominion Energy to remove more than 500 palmettos located near overhead power lines did not begin work as scheduled on May 28. The not-so-good news is that there’s a pretty good chance that most of the palmettos will be history by the end of this year.
At their regularly scheduled meeting on May 28, Council members discussed the city’s permit application for a shoal management project that was filed with the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management division of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control in April. Elizabeth Campsen stated that she is “not a big fan of taking sand from one section and adding to another,” while Blair Hahn further criticized the excavation, saying removing sand from 44th to 53rd Avenue would lead to a 50-foot to 100-foot inland shift of the high tide line, effectively taking people’s property and relocating it elsewhere on the island. Desirée Fragoso, the City Administrator, responded that bringing in new sand is not included in this permit, so sand will have to be moved around the island. She assured council members that the main focus is to use sand from (continued on page 3)
“A month ago, we felt that as of Memorial Day, all 523 trees were going to go down right away,” said Sullivan’s Island Director of Resilience and Natural Resource Management Rebecca Fanning on June 6. “In the end, we have more time to prepare, keep negotiating, and think as a town (continued on page 5)
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