Collier County issued the following announcement on Oct. 19.
In early November crews will start spreading 268,500 tons of sand across City of Naples and Collier County beaches to revitalize our sandy shores for residents and visitors alike. The approximately $5 million 2021 Beach Renourishment Project was awarded to Phillips and Jordan, Inc. by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) at their meeting on Oct. 12. Phillips and Jordan, Inc., from Pasco County, also handled beach renourishment projects in Collier County/City of Naples in 2013 and 2014.
This project will be similar to other beach renourishment projects handled by Collier County over the past several years utilizing trucks to haul beach quality sand from Stewart Mining in Immokalee and then spreading that sand across the designated beaches. Beach areas receiving sand this time are a two-mile section of Naples Beach from Lowdermilk Park to near Naples Pier, a 1.3-mile section of Vanderbilt Beach from south of Delnor Wiggins State Park to approximately one-half mile south of Vanderbilt Beach Road, and a near half-mile stretch of Pelican Bay Beach from Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Reference monument R-34 to R-36. The later section of beach will be paid for by the Pelican Bay Services Division since it is not a public beach.
Cost of the sand from Stewart Mining was approved by the BCC this past May. That cost is just over $2.6 million for Naples and Vanderbilt beaches and $330,000 for the Pelican Bay beach segment which will be paid for by Pelican Bay. Tourist Development Tax funds (most coming from taxes paid by visitors utilizing hotels and motels commonly referred to as “bed tax”) are the funding source.
Set up of equipment and staging areas for the project are expected to start during the last week of this month. Sand placement will start in early November at Naples Beach then crews will move their operations to Vanderbilt Beach most likely in early December and then to Pelican Bay in early January 2022. Staff is working with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, and the City of Naples Police Department to define staging areas and coordinate maintenance of traffic support.
Trucks hauling sand will use the routes shown in the map at the end of this news release. Trucks heading to the beach location in City of Naples will travel from Stewart Mine in Immokalee to I-75, exit at Golden Gate Parkway, head west to US 41, go south to Banyan Boulevard and then head west to Gulf Shore Boulevard.
They’ll then travel south to 3rd Avenue North and unload the beach quality sand at that beach site. The outbound route is north on Gulf Shore Boulevard to east on Mooring Line Drive to south on US 41 and then east on Golden Gate Parkway and back to I-75.
In December, when the project moves to Vanderbilt Beach, trucks will use the Immokalee Road exit off I-75, take Livingston Road south to Vanderbilt Beach Road then head west to unload the beach quality sand at that beach site.
Completion of the entire project is expected in mid-January 2022. Crews will cease project operations for short breaks over Thanksgiving (11/25/21 -11/28/21) and the Christmas/New Year’s holidays (12/24/21 -1/2/22). Hours of operations will be six days a week, Mondays through Saturdays, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For additional information, please contact Coastal Zone Management Section Manager Andy Miller at (239) 252-2922. If you prefer to email any questions or comments, please send them to CZM@colliercountyfl.gov.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Collier County
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