The DEP's Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems has developed the following table to provide property owners with a concise explanation of activities that are authorized seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL):
Sea Turtle said:Thank you for the info !
Do you have some names and numbers of firms that bring in sand? We need some fast! In another thread I saw someone may have called Sterling Building Specialist but I wasn't clear if they were engineers or sand sellers.
Thanks.
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kurt said:The BCC just approved a variance in the white sand ordinance, allowing homeowners to bring in sand that is considerably less white than is normally allowed.
This sand is from intracoastal dredging and is about 1/3 the cost of white sand. There apparently is not enough white sand available for the large need.
Cork On the Ocean said:What a drag. Destin is already putting out beautiful white sand. I was teasing my friend that lives there that the reason we need to use dark sand is because Destin has hogged up all the white stuff. Have a call out to the Seacrest Beach assoc. to see if they've made a decision yet on what we're gonna be putting out there.
Will also check the Rosemary Walkway today. Should be nearly done.
kurt said:Brad Pickel's recommendation was that all the white sand should be used first, rather than use the darker sand.
JB said:Seems to me it should be just the opposite. Use the darker sand to shore up structures along the dune line, then come in with the white sand on top and for re-plenishment of the beach.
I would rather seem them do nothing than to change the color of the beaches.
kurt said:I was unclear. There is a belief that at some point the availability of white sand would get tight. Brad wants them to use only white sand, and knows that if you let people use darker, cheaper sand they will use that instead. So he said it would be foolish to leave available white sand unused. He wanted people to continue using the white sand, and then if it became unavailable, bring in darker samples to get approved.