“If sand gets piled up any worse in that channel they’ll probably get stuck,” said local business owner Jordan Rehs.
TIERRA VERDE, Fla. — Pinellas County is getting ready to undergo a long-awaited beach nourishment process. On May 13, the county will start a dredging project in the Tierra Verde channel with the sand from that area going to Pass-a-Grille Beach.
For years people in the Tierra Verde community have asked the county to address the community’s concerns with traveling through the channel and now, Pinellas County Coastal Management Coordinator Dr. John Bishop said the county is responding.
“We will be dredging the sand from the canal and pumping it up over the jetty and onto the beach,” Dr. Bishop said.
Dr. Bishop said this has been a huge concern for neighbors for the past decade. He said this would’ve been done last year, but the Army Corps of Engineers …
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