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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1168 |
| Port Everglades Inlet Sand Bypassing Project |
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| Requester: |
Broward County |
Organization: |
Broward County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Project Title: |
Port Everglades Inlet Sand Bypassing Project |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 9:42:29 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Campbell |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The project will help sustain the beaches at John U. Lloyd State Park and the communities of Dania Beach, Hollywood, and Hallandale Beach in south Broward County. The beaches have been the recipients of State, Federal and County-sponsored beach nourishment projects several times in the past. Sand bypassing will increase the durability and decrease the costs of future beach nourishment along these beaches. Broward's beaches contribute $800 million a year and 26,000 jobs to the tri-County region, and out-of-State visitors to Broward's beaches generate $600 million in economic activity for the state. |
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| Recipient: |
Broward County Environmental Protection Department |
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Contact: |
Stephen Higgins |
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1 North University Drive, Suite 301 |
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Contact Phone: |
(954) 519-1230 |
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Plantation 33324 |
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Contact email: |
shiggins@broward.org |
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| Counties: |
Broward |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The project, as outlined in the State-adoptedInlet Management Plan and the recently completed Port Everglades Inlet Sand Management Feasibility Study, will implement bypassing of the quantity of sand equal to the amount impounded by the inlet. The conceptual design presented in the Inlet Management Plan shows a weir in the north jetty, a deposition basin adjacent to the weir, a groin field south of the inlet's south jetty (a limited application of this is proposed in conjunction with the Federal Shore Protection Project), and periodic dredging of the deposition basin to provide a feeder beach downdrift of the inlet. Since the 1999 approval of the Inlet Management Plan by the State Department of Environmental Protection, a Feasability Study has been completed which presents more refined alternatives that address sediment accumulation, updrift beach impacts, Port channel impacts, and impacts to updrift populated structures. Of the three alternatives examined in the Study, one will be selected after further refinement, as requested by the State. The selected alternative will be presented for review by agencies and affected interests. The requested appropriation is for a partial State share of costs for additional feasability analyses, engineering/design, and permitting of the selected alternative. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Maintenance of regional beaches; reduction of storm wave damage to upland structures and infrastructure; restoration and enhancement of beach recreational economic activities; reduction/elimination of hazardous shoaling in the channel of the port. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$750,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$15,460,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$7,730,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2005-206 |
Amount: |
$250,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$9,150,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations, Continuing sand bypassing |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Environmental Protection, Department Of |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
The Florida State DEP adopted the Port Everglades Inlet Management Plan on May 3, 1999. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Broward County Board of County Commissioners |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/10/2002 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
