Just looked out at the beach and there is a huge dumptruck, bucket loaders and other heavy equipment. Does anyone know what in the wide wide world of sports is going on?
Major Construction Equipment at Eastern Lake Beach
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Dune lake berms installed for oil protection are being removed. All work is supposed to be finished by the end of the month.
You can watch them on the BeachCam at Walton Dunes at the moment:
Seagrove BeachCam at Walton Dunes Access | SoWal.com - Guide For The Beaches Of South Walton & Scenic 30A
You can watch them on the BeachCam at Walton Dunes at the moment:
Seagrove BeachCam at Walton Dunes Access | SoWal.com - Guide For The Beaches Of South Walton & Scenic 30A
Douglas the Intrepid
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The berms on eastern lake have been removed for months now. Are they just using it as a staging area?
Likely. there are only certain locations that give them access for the equipment.
Too bad they couldn't use the sand to augment dunes as originally proposed.
Or better yet.. Use the equipment to remove all the sand from the mouth of Eastern Lake that has restricted the flow of salt water and was placed there years ago!!
Or better yet.. Use the equipment to remove all the sand from the mouth of Eastern Lake that has restricted the flow of salt water and was placed there years ago!!
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First post here...just got back from my first trip to the area just a couple days ago and had posted the following on TripAdvisor before before pointed here:
Major construction equipment on beach at Eastern Lake... - Seagrove Beach Forum - TripAdvisor
Granted, I don't know much about the area but I have a hard time believing they were simply removing man-made berms. It sure didn't look like that.
It was a massive operating and nobody, including one of the truck operators, seemed to know what was going on. Several homeowners we met in our area were furious. One seemed so angered by the possibility that someone (controversial I gather) who owns generally unbuildable lots on the beach was starting to build that he excused himself to run in and make a phone call.
Perhaps this is naive but, if it was something as simple as removing man-made berms, it seems like an odd time to do it. They basically shut down a huge stretch of beach in the middle of one of the busiest Spring Break weeks of the year. Even if you tried to deal with diesel smell and the sight of the gigantic trucks, eventually the noise essentially evacuated the beach.
It was sad.
Major construction equipment on beach at Eastern Lake... - Seagrove Beach Forum - TripAdvisor
Granted, I don't know much about the area but I have a hard time believing they were simply removing man-made berms. It sure didn't look like that.
It was a massive operating and nobody, including one of the truck operators, seemed to know what was going on. Several homeowners we met in our area were furious. One seemed so angered by the possibility that someone (controversial I gather) who owns generally unbuildable lots on the beach was starting to build that he excused himself to run in and make a phone call.
Perhaps this is naive but, if it was something as simple as removing man-made berms, it seems like an odd time to do it. They basically shut down a huge stretch of beach in the middle of one of the busiest Spring Break weeks of the year. Even if you tried to deal with diesel smell and the sight of the gigantic trucks, eventually the noise essentially evacuated the beach.
It was sad.
The protective berm was actually removed many months ago. While I didn't witness most of this current operation, it appears that they were only attempting to remove the remaining sand that was deposited during the berm installation. In others words, restoring it to the condition it was in before the oil spill crisis. It may have been disputive for one day, but all is good now.