Annalise Anderson
SARASOTA – City officials and community members gathered on a vast, sandy stage on Thursday to announce the long-awaited completion of Lido Beach s renourishment.
Lido Beach had been eroding for decades and plans for its renourishment were in the works for more than 20 years. Partnered with the Army Corps of Engineers, the city of Sarasota began dredging Siesta Key’s Big Pass and pumping recycled sand onto Lido Key last spring.
Roughly 700,000 cubic yards of sand were pumped onto a 1.56-mile stretch of Lido Key, extending the beach s width by an average of about 300 feet. The affected shoreline reaches from the north public beach access to Ted Sperling Park.