Beach Erosion

Nearly 200 miles from where Hurricane Idalia made landfall, the beaches experienced some of the worst erosion seen in decades.

Scores of beachfront property owners flooded into a town hall Friday on beach renourishment hosted by the Army Corps of Engineers in Indian Shores. But they didn't hear anything different from what they've been told for several years.

The mayor of Indian Rocks Beach in Pinellas County is imploring the federal government to jumpstart beach renourishment after Hurricane Idalia washed away more of the coast. But that would take changing some of the fed's requirements for private property owners.

A narrower beach means less protection for homes and businesses along the coast. But a dispute over federal guidelines has delayed beach renourishment projects in Pinellas County.

Trucks will begin hauling sand to northwest Sanibel on Monday to replace sand lost to erosion due to Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole last year.

Inhabited and uninhabited, barrier islands move. They will need fortification to survive predicted increases in sea level rise.

They were damaged after Hurricane Ian. While whey may be open, some amenities such as restroom facilities, piers and walkovers have not been repaired or replaced at this time.

The worst spots for erosion were found on the north and south ends of Indian Rocks Beach, which had been renourished recently.

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