Cape San Blas Beach Project Still Waiting
Sand will begin filling the Cape San Blas beaches on March 23, according to the latest update.
An email blast from the St. Joseph Peninsula Beach Advisory Committee on March 11 stated that dredging will begin on Sunday, March 23, as soon as the dredge arrives on the Cape.
According to the eblast, the dredge "Bayport" received some damage at its last project and had to divert to Jacksonville for repairs. The dredge was completing a project in Moorehead City, North Carolina and was scheduled to travel directly from that project to the Cape.
Manson Construction, the company selected to handle the beach renourishment project on the Cape, has committed crews to round-the-clock repairs in order to expedite the process. All the necessary crews, heavy equipment and pipe needed for the Cape project are already in place in Gulf County and on the beach itself.
The project will begin on the beaches within the T.H. Stone St. Joseph Peninsula State Park at the north end of St. Joseph Peninsula and move southward over the summer and fall, ending at the Stump Hole at Cape San Blas.
Manson Construction said on March 11 that the dredge is expected to leave Jacksonville on March 19 and arrive at Cape San Blas on March 23 and will immediately begin pumping sand.
