CLEARWATER — More than a decade into its quest to improve safety at a notoriously dangerous intersection and four years after floating a possible solution, Pinellas County is pumping the
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Beach renourishment, in which heavy machinery pumps sand from the water back to shore, is a partial solution to beach erosion. But in a break with decades of assistance, the Army Corps of Engineers is requiring all beachfront residents who live along the Sand Key project to give away some of their property rights. For the work to proceed, every owner will need to sign a document known as a perpetual easement that allows public access on a portion of their land next to the beach.