Digital subscriptions provided by the City of Gulfport THE GABBER.COM No. 2824
August 3, 2023- August 9, 2023
Beach, Please By Lisa Leveroni
LISA LEVERONI
Pinellas beach renourishment plans have halted, although the beaches continue to erode. The Pass-a-Grille Beach walkways are now underwater at high tide.
On July 26 at 9 a.m. in Belleair Beach, Kelli Hammer Levy delivered the same alarming news to the 11 mayors of Pinellas County beach cities as she did the night before in St. Pete Beach. “The Army Corps of Engineers will not be renourishing our beaches this year,” Levy announced.
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All 11 Pinellas cities made a push for residents to sign “perpetual property easements” to ensure the Army Corps’ help. If the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) performs the beach renourishment, the federal government will pay 65% of the cost; if the ACOE doesn’t perform the beach renourishment, the fed-
eral government pays nothing. In that case, the state — who already pays 17.5% of the cost, Pinellas county, and barrier island cities will have to fund the entire cost. For the first time this year, the Army Corps required 100% residents’ compliance with these forever easements, Beach continued on page 10
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