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Article: Sand settlement: Brevard's beachfront property owners collect $3 million in their suit against the government.(Environment)
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- Florida Trend
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- September 1, 2004
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Hundreds of owners of Brevard County beachfront property finally are being compensated for a miscalculation by federal engineers half a century ago.
After 12 years of litigation, 317 parties got checks from the federal government to help compensate them for beach erosion that resulted from the Army Corps of Engineers' 1954 construction of Port Canaveral Harbor and its jetties. Studies showed the jetties blocked the southerly flow of sand along the shoreline, depleting beaches from the port to Melbourne.
The money comes after a 1999 settlement was reached on the original lawsuit filed in 1992. The settlement led to the $42-million, 12.7-mile beach ...