City of St. Augustine Beach Public Notice
C.R. A1A & Pope Road Drainage Improvements
Updated 12/31/2024
SCOPE OF WORK
In May of 2021, the City of St. Augustine Beach completed and adopted a Vulnerability Study to assess how projected sea level rise could affect the infrastructure, businesses, and residents within the city limits. The study identified three (3) existing culvert crossings under CR A1A and two (2) existing culvert crossings under Pope Road, which have a potential to create a vulnerability to storm surge. Currently, these County owned and maintained culverts provide a path for storm surge to enter the boundaries of the City from Anastasia State Park and potentially could cause flooding of low-lying areas, and exacerbate flooding associated with rainfall events that often accompany storm surge events. However, these culverts do provide some measure of positive drainage discharge for the City for rainfall events that occur without significant storm surge.
CURRENT PROJECT PHASE: Design
Florida Division of Emergency Management reviewed Phase 1 deliverables and has required the City to provide additional documentation to support the cost-benefits of this project, which would require additional City-paid funding. Furthermore, all costs associated with the addition of the proposed improvements and related maintenance work would fall squarely on the City of St. Augustine Beach. Concerns regarding the maintenance costs and the potential for increased liabilities for the City have paused this project with further discussions needed to determine the City's next steps.
PROJECT FUNDING:
This project phase has been being funded by a Hazard Mitigation Grant Fund grant in the amount of $52,500 from the federal government through the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For additional project information, contact the City’s Engineering Department:
Jason D. Sparks, P.E. Derek Sands
Engineering Director Engineering Inspector
(904) 471-2122 (904) 808-5901
jsparks [at] cityofsab.org (jsparks[at]cityofsab[dot]org) dsands [at] cityofsab.org (dsands[at]cityofsab[dot]org)
HELPFUL LINKS:
Have a concern or request regarding City operations? Click here to access the Resident Self Service page.
Have a question regarding stormwater management and City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program? Click here.