Miami Hotspot Beach Renourishment Construction Progress Maps

May 26, 2020 (Click maps to enlarge)

Overall Project Map showing Allison Park reach that ended April 10, 56th Street reach that is scheduled to end May 29, and the Indian Beach Park and 27th Street Park which have not started nor do they have an end date.Image of the Allison Park reach completed April 10.Image showing the 55th Street Reach where construction is scheduled to end by May 29. Current construction access is through the parking lot near fire station #3 and running south down the beach past the Imperial House, Alexander Oceanfront Resort and Seacoast.Image showing the Indian Beach Park reach. The end date is listed as to be determined.Image showing the 27th Street Park construction reach. The completion date is listed as to be determined. The temporary beach access road begins at the entrance of 36th Street onto the beach and runs south to just past 29th street on the beach between the Seville and Triton Tower.

Miami Beach Hotspots

Flagler County ShorelineDade County officials requested federal assistance with shore erosion about 50 years ago, and Congress authorized the Corps of Engineers to construct the Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project in 1968.

The Dade County project provided for the placement of beach fill along 9.3-miles of shoreline extending from Bakers Haulover Inlet to Government Cut and along the 1.4-mile length of Haulover Beach Park located immediately north of Bakers Haulover Inlet. The 2.4-mile length of the Sunny Isles segment was added to the project in 1985 under a separate authorization.

All major sand sources offshore of Miami-Dade County have now been exhausted with the completion of the latest nourishment contract in the Bal Harbour area in 2014. The Corps and local and state coastal officials estimate that an additional 3.6 million cubic yards of sand is needed for the remaining federal participation, which is ten years for the Government Cut to Baker’s Haulover Beach Park segment and 23 years for the Sunny Isles segment.

Section 935 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and a Congressional directive from 1999 indicate that the Corps can only use domestic sources of sand for renourishment of this project, unless domestic sources are not available for environmental or economic reasons. To utilize new sand sources, the Corps has to complete a Limited Reevaluation Report (LRR) and Environmental Assessment (EA) with updated economics to justify the more distant and costly sand sources for the future.

Dade County

Flagler County ShorelineDade County officials requested federal assistance with shore erosion about 50 years ago, and Congress authorized the Corps of Engineers to construct the Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project in 1968.

The Dade County project provided for the placement of beach fill along 9.3-miles of shoreline extending from Bakers Haulover Inlet to Government Cut and along the 1.4-mile length of Haulover Beach Park located immediately north of Bakers Haulover Inlet. The 2.4-mile length of the Sunny Isles segment was added to the project in 1985 under a separate authorization.

All major sand sources offshore of Miami-Dade County have now been exhausted with the completion of the latest nourishment contract in the Bal Harbour area in 2014. The Corps and local and state coastal officials estimate that an additional 3.6 million cubic yards of sand is needed for the remaining federal participation, which is ten years for the Government Cut to Baker’s Haulover Beach Park segment and 23 years for the Sunny Isles segment.

Section 935 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and a Congressional directive from 1999 indicate that the Corps can only use domestic sources of sand for renourishment of this project, unless domestic sources are not available for environmental or economic reasons. To utilize new sand sources, the Corps completed a Limited Reevaluation Report (LRR) and Environmental Assessment (EA) with updated economics to justify potential alternative sand sources for future renourishments.

Documents

Link to documents below:

Miami Beach Hotspots Renourishment Project Presentation, October 22, 2019  

Final EA
Final Environmental Assessment: Identification of Alternative Sand sources for the remaining period of federal participation: Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Final FONSI
Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project, Contract J, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Finding of No Significant Impact

Final LRR
Dade County, Florida, Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane, Protection Project, Draft Limited Reevaluation Report

Public Meeting Jan. 5 2017

Thanks to everyone who attended the informational meeting regarding the upcoming construction in the vicinity of 54th Street hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami Beach on Jan. 5, 2017.

Miami Beach Erosional Hotspots
Vicinity of 54th Street
Public Meeting Presentation
Jan. 5, 2017

Contact Information

561-340-1527