Project Description
The project renourished approximately 12 miles of shoreline in Brevard County, Florida between Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Range Monuments R-75.3 and R-139. The project is comprised of two segments: Mid Reach and South Reach. The Mid Reach extends approximately 7.7 miles between FDEP Range Monuments R-75.3 and R-118.3. The South Reach extends approximately 3.8 miles between R-118.3 and R-139. The project includes construction of a beach berm and dune as shown in the drawings.
Major Challenges
One of the major challenges of this project is the significant environmental monitoring and mitigation required to ensure the dredging and disposal operations have minimal impact on the surrounding ecosystem. At the same time, the project also involves facilitating thousands of localized truckloads to transport the dredged material, which requires careful coordination and planning to minimize disruptions to the local community and infrastructure.
Project Highlights
A key project highlight is the seamless movement, placement, and orchestration of beach fill via the dredge Stuyvesant and localized truck haul, all while minimizing impacts to the surrounding community. This integrated approach, combining both dredging and land-based transportation, allows for the efficient and environmentally responsible delivery of the beach nourishment material, contributing to the overall success of the project.
Project Scope
The Brevard County Mid-Reach Shore Protection Project is intended to develop and deliver hurricane and storm damage reductions throughout the 7.8 mile Mid-Reach segment of Brevard County, Florida.
The project is intended to reduce the damages caused by erosion and coastal storms to shorefront structures along the Mid-Reach study area while maintaining the recreational beach, maintaining opportunities for recreational use of the nearshore areas, and maintaining environmental quality.
The project will consist of the placement of beach quality material in North Reach using both FCCE and CG funding; and the placement of beach quality material in South Reach using FCCE funding only. All material will be placed between Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) monuments R1 to R-54.5 (a distance of approximately 10.3 miles) in North Reach and R-118.3 to R-139 (a distance of approximately 3.9 miles) in South Reach.
