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2006
Treasure Island/
Long Key Beach Project
What's New? 
Construction Details
History
Environmental Impacts
Why Renourish?
Sand Key Beach Project

512 S. Ft. Harrison Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: (727) 464-4761
Fax: (727) 464-3174
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Renourishment was completed on September 18, 2006.
Following the 2005 hurricane season, Pinellas
County requested emergency federal assistance
from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
repair storm damage to Treasure Island and
Long Key (St. Pete Beach) under Public Law
84-99, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies
(FCCE). In response to this request,
the Army Corps initiated a Project Information
Report to determine whether the project
was eligible for emergency repairs utilizing
FCCE funding. The report findings
indicated that significant storm damages
occurred during the 2005 hurricane season.
Thus, the $3 million rehabilitation project
will be funded at 100% federal cost.
The project will place 270,000 cubic yards
of sand along three beach fill areas: 1)
Sunshine Beach, 2) Sunset Beach, and 3) Upham
Beach. The streets that correspond to the
fill limits are indicated on the map below. Work
will progress from north to south over approximately
two months. Sand will be dredged from
Egmont Shoals, just offshore of the entrance
to Tampa Bay and north of Egmont Key. The
2005 Sand Key contract with Norfolk
Dredging Company was extended to include this work.
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If you have
any questions or concerns, please call
Nicole Elko at
(727) 464-4761 or email her at Beaches@pinellascounty.org |
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