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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1681 |
| Port Everglades Inlet Management Plan Implementation (Sand Bypassing Project) |
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| Requester: |
Stephen Higgins |
Organization: |
Broward County Environmental Protection Department |
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| Project Title: |
Port Everglades Inlet Management Plan Implementation (Sand Bypassing Project) |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 10:44:17 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Geller |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The project will help sustain the beaches at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park and the communities of Dania Beach, Hollywood, and Hallandale Beach in south Broward County. These 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 of Florida. |
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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) 519-1265 |
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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-adopted Port Everglades Inlet 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 Feasibility Study presents a selected alternative for implementing bypassing, involving excavation of a sand deposition basin north of the Port channel; modifying the north jetty of the Port; removal of the shoreward half of the spoil shoal north. The requested appropriation is for a partial State share of costs for 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: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$600,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$300,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2005-06 |
Amount: |
$440,167 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$7,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Port Everglades Inlet Management Plan, adopted by DEP 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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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
