Strengthening the coastline dunes in Ponte Vedra

St. Johns County hosted a town hall meeting earlier this month to discuss the upcoming FEMA Dune Enhancement Project and the temporary partial closure of Mickler’s Landing Beachfront Park.

St. Johns County Coastal Manager, Damon Douglas, was the guest speaker at the meeting. He talked about the dune enhancement project scheduled to begin November 1.

The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved an approximately $34 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dune project on Tuesday, June 15.

The project will focus on strengthening the coastline dunes in Ponte Vedra Beach, South Ponte Vedra Beach, and the southern three-quarters of a mile in Crescent Beach.

This emergency dune enhancements will provide extra protection to homes, businesses, and infrastructure, and will be an added defense for the coastline against future storm events.

The work will enhance the existing dunes on 11.5 miles of beaches by placing up to 480,000 cubic yards of sand and planting dune vegetation, as conditions allow.