By Jorge Vera, Assistant City Manager, Service Division
The city's shoreline gets sand as part of a beach renourishment project.
A beach renourishment project is underway in Sunny Isles Beach.
Because of natural erosion, along with several active hurricanes, the city’s beach has shrunk leaving residents and tourists less space to enjoy the ocean.
Approximately 114,500 cubic yards of sand will be distributed between 195 and 177 Streets.
Sand is being trucked in from Orlando and will add height and width to beaches in Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour and Miami Beach. About $10 million of state and county funds will be used for this renourishment project.
Trucks will bring the sand in through the access area at approximately 177 Street.
To ensure safety, workers with flags are directing the trucks and maintaining clear areas around the work areas. The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department will be involved as needed.
Contractors hired by Miami-Dade County are working on the project Mondays through Fridays during daylight hours.
The beach remains open, and despite the project, beachgoers are still able to enjoy the beach. Only the actual area where the machines are working each day will be inaccessible.
City officials have asked managers of the buildings abutting the beach to locate beach chairs away from the path of travel for the trucks delivering the sand.
The beach renourishment project that started the end of May 2009 is expected to last approximately five months.
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