Multimillion dollar beach project wraps up
Shoreline on the northern end of Palm Beach County gets a facelift Share Updated: 6:47 PM EST Mar 4, 2021
Shoreline on the northern end of Palm Beach County gets a facelift Share Updated: 6:47 PM EST Mar 4, 2021
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Show Transcript JUST WRAPPED UP A FEW DAYS AGO. HOW DID IT GO? LET’S TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS WHAT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHORELINE NEAR JUNEAU AND DO PRETTY LOOKS LIKE NOW UP CLOSE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE AREA LOOKS LIKE FROM UP HIGH. THAT IS NEARLY 1 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF SAND, THAT’S ALL PACKED INTO PLACE JUST IN TIME FOR TURTLE NESTING SEASO GOV. DESANTIS: AFTER WE AFTER WE FINISHED PLACING THE SAND ON THE BEACH WE RAN OVER ALL THE MATERIAL WITH A TILLING MACHINE TO KIND OF FLUFF IT UP, TO MAKE SURE THE TURTLES ARE HAPPY. MAKE SURE THEIR NESTING GO WELL. ANGELA: COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID WHILE THEY WERE DREDGING, THEY REMOVED ABOUT 11,000 CUBIC YARDS OF ROCK