“There aren’t enough baffles in there. My feeling is that we should start with a lot of baffles and then reduce the number of baffles accordingly.”
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North end awash in fear of sand loss
Jaleski says that the sand placed around the groins after they were built has completely eroded leaving a “gaping space under the groins that does not deter the movement of sand off the north end beaches into the inlet.”
The art of constructing Longboat’s beach
“It has been known for some time that groins are the only way for us to retain sand in that region.”
North end groin construction underway
North end residents and visitors will notice the beach is busy with construction of two semi-permeable groins in the vicinity of the Broadway Beach Access. On Friday, Nov. 7, the public beach access was the site of cranes, front-end loaders, and other construction equipment that will begin on the pier-like groins that will jut into […]
Pioneers!, Oh Pioneers!
Do you know that the commission is ready to spend $25 million dollars of your tax dollars on a scheme proposed by people who stand to make millions on the project?
Beaches — redux
What we all should know is that coastal engineering is indeed a serious discipline.
McClash fights to stop beach groins; Bullock responds
Are we destroying the beauty of the North end of Longboat Key or responsibly protecting residents and property? For Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash, the town and Manatee County are embarking too quickly on an inlet management plan that will install three groins on the north end of Longboat Key in an effort to stem costly erosion.
The negative impacts of groins
This photo of the newly restored North Shore beach was taken in September 2011 and shows the escarpment. CREDIT: Karen O’Dowd The following letter was written about the North Carolina shorelines: North Carolina law (G.S 113A-115.1) prohibits the use of groins — steel, rock or wood walls built perpendicular to the beach in order to trap […]
Longboat pushes for erosion fix
The Longboat Pass Management Plan, which addresses everything from the alignment of the channel separating Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key to the installation of groins and sand-retaining strategies, was discussed and debated Tuesday by the Longboat Key Town Commission and Manatee County officials.
Longboat Beach plan going to bid
The end of an era. In a decision that marks a radical change from 14 years of consistently using Coastal Planning and Engineering (CP&E), the Town Commission is putting the beach management plan out to bid for 2012