Longboat Key commissioners will consider a request to temporarily close North Shore Road beach access and adjoining parking areas to do seawall repair work at the western end of the roadway. The town has obtained the permits for the repairs and construction of a new seawall extension. The contractor has provided a construction plan that [...]
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
“The beach is in trouble once again,” said north end resident Gene Jaleski. The sand at the newly renourished North Shore Road beach access is already eroding after its completion in May 2011, and an escarpment, or drop off, has formed at the beach access area
It has been called a pimple, a protrusion and more scientifically — a shoreline anomaly. Specifically the reference is to a 1.67 acre parcel located mid-key, known historically as the Yonkers Property, which has a seawall that juts closer to the Gulf of Mexico than the neighbors — just enough to cause major headache, cost and expense to the town’s beach maintenance program
I called the town manager after the resignation agreement was signed, after he stepped down, after his 14-year career on Longboat Key was over. And he asked if I was looking for a quote. I suddenly realized that I had to stop working. I found myself attempting to be fake and do my job while a decent man that I have known for 14 years was driving home from work for the final time
The newly restored North Shore beach features quite a drop-off caused by the recent storms…
Resident and former Commissioner Gene Jaleski has asked Mayor Jim Brown to test the SandSaver technology to confirm his believe that it works well. Jaleski has asked the Town Commission to spend a relatively small amount of time and money to conduct a test at the north end where, he says, the $4 million worth [...]
The 2014 beach renourishment project can now proceed as planned. Longboat Key voters passed a beach bond referendum in March this year, which would allow a $16 million beach renourishment project to place white sand along Longboat’s beaches, as the town does approximately every 10 years. Unfortunately, the vote was deemed invalid when it was determined the town did not sufficiently advertise the beach bond referendum in the newspaper
The North Shore Road beach access re-opened Friday, July 1, in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to Longboat Key Public Works Department. Beachgoers can now visit the beach access after more than 130,000 cubic yards of white sand was placed on the beach as part of the town’s $4.5 million beach renourishment project
Longboat Key’s highly erosive North End, which only one month ago the churning waters of the Gulf of Mexico within feet of condominiums, is now protected by a new 130-foot wide beach
