UPDATE: 10/16/23
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the project has been pushed out and will most likely start in Feb 2024 and still finish based on the period of performance completion date of Sep 2024.
We will post updates as we receive them.
UPDATE: 10/2/23
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
USACE Jacksonville announces contract award for FCCE re-nourishment of St. Augustine Beach
Jacksonville, Florida (Sept. 30, 2023) – USACE Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded a $33,573,125 contract Sept. 29 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, of Houston, Texas, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) re-nourishment of the St. Augustine Beach federal shore protection project.
The project will place approximately 2.5 million cubic yards of sand on critically eroded beaches within the city of St. Augustine Beach extending three miles from Anastasia State Park at the north to the vicinity of A St. at the southern end of the shoreline.
The main staging area for the project will be located at Pope Road with additional beach access at A St. Sand will be dredged from a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved offshore borrow located 6 nautical miles offshore.
The estimated start and finish dates of construction and details of the project timeline and placement sequence will be determined after coordination with Great Lakes and published via USACE and St. Johns County social media channels.
St. Johns County in the non-federal sponsor for the St. Augustine Beach shore protection project; the FCCE re-nourishment will be 100 percent federally funded to restore damages from recent hurricanes and nor’easter events.
USACE Jacksonville appreciates our strong partnership with St. Johns County and their support for this effort and many other shore protection projects within the county.
For information on other USACE Jacksonville projects, programs and studies, please go to https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/.
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At the August 7th City Commission meeting, the attendees heard from Mr. Jason Harrah, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, about the upcoming beach restoration project. From the middle of Anastasia State Park to A Street, 2.5 million cubic yards of sand will be put on the beach at a cost of $40 million, which will be paid by the federal government. The project is scheduled to begin November 1, 2023, and be finished by June 30, 2024, or earlier. Crews will be working on the beach 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Monitoring will be done during the sea turtle nesting season so that nests can be removed from the construction area.
We will provide updates as we receive them.