Beach Renourishment

Shorelock is biopolymer that enhances the interaction of sand particles with water to resist erosion, provide a more stable coastline.

The work is expected to take 60 days and will tie up traffic along Gulf Boulevard.

Local nonprofits and county officials are searching for volunteers this weekend to help replant beach vegetation lost during Hurricane Idalia.

First, sand was trucked in to create new sand dunes. Now, workers are placing four species of grasses and vines to help root the dunes into place and provide a new habitat for the beach's many critters.

The dune plantings are the first part of an emergency beach restoration project to help beaches slammed by Hurricane Idalia.

Pinellas County wants to shore up beaches that were heavily eroded by Hurricane Idalia. But county officials say this is not intended to replace the stalled beach renourishment project.

Speaking on Florida Matters, Ping Wang said renourishing the beaches is expensive. But it's more than just aesthetics.

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

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

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.