Article: Federal Engineers to Oversee Jetty Armoring Project in Ponce Inlet, Fla..

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 3 -- PONCE INLET, Fla. -- With the Atlantic Ocean eroding away Lighthouse Point Park, federal engineers will start a $4 million armoring project on the north jetty this fall.

The Army Corps of Engineers will oversee construction of a granite-rock revetment, measuring between 800 and 1,000 feet, from the park beach west toward the Intracoastal Waterway.

Scheduled to start in September, the project could take a year to complete, said Tim Murphy, Army Corps projects manager. Some areas of the park may be closed during the construction.

The erosion became acute in the 1990s when waves from several ...

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