County outlines inlet-management work and Indian Riverside Park shoreline finish

John said the county follows an inlet-management plan developed with the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep inlets navigable and that a forthcoming project will remove material from a filled inlet and repurpose it as sand for Bathtub Beach.

"The project will remove the stuff that's filled into the inlet and it'll repurpose it and put it back onto Bathtub Beach," John said, adding the county hopes to restart that project by January. He said repurposing sand is far more efficient than purchasing sand from a mine or offshore source.

John also updated listeners on the Indian Riverside Park living-shoreline: he said three breakwaters are nearly finished (expected mid-October), a planting contract for mangroves was awarded, and plantings will occur after contractors demobilize—work the county expects to finish by year-end.