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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1682 |
| Glass Beach Innovative Demonstration Project |
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| Requester: |
Stephen Higgins |
Organization: |
Broward County Environmental Protection Department |
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| Project Title: |
Glass Beach Innovative Demonstration Project |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 10:43:44 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Geller |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project will determine the feasibility of using processed glass cullet for beach fill at erosional hot-spots. If feasible, the material will supplement other sand sources to reduce the chronic erosion of Broward�s beaches. With easily accessible offshore sand becoming scarce, alternative sand sources will be needed. In addition, using processed glass for beach fill would provide an opportunity for recycling of waste glass, for which the County pays for disposal. |
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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: |
| This experimental project is part of the Broward County Shore Protection Project, and is exploring the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of using processed glass cullet for supplemental beach fill on the beaches of the Shore Protection Project. Testing of the experimental material includes a geotechnical evaluation, several public perception surveys, a contamination assessment, investigations of several parameters related to sea turtle nesting compatibility on a test plot on Hollywood beach, and a test application on the foreshore, also on Hollywood�s beach. The geotechnical evaluations, the public perception surveys, the contamination assessments, and the test plot phase have been completed. A JCP application has been submitted for the deployment of 2000 cubic yards of the processed glass cullet onto about 300 feet of foreshore at north Hollywood beach and for subsequent monitoring of the fate of the material. Construction of the test project is scheduled for the fall of 2008. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The project will determine if it is environmentally, economically, and technically feasible to use processed glass cullet for beach fill. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$350,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$700,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$350,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2007 |
Amount: |
$135,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$130,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction, To perform post construction monitoring for the demonstratio |
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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: |
LRPP-Broward County Beach Demonstration Project |
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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 and the Broward County Resource Recovery Board |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
