By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com After reviewing the new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ solicitation package for the Lido Renourishment Project, Siesta Key Association leaders expressed their delight to SNL. As SKA Director Robert Luckner pointed out in an email, the Read More
Lido Renourishment Project
Majority of county commissioners agree Army Corps of Engineers can use county park to stage work for Lido Renourishment Project, but only with extra contractual protection should damage occur By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Four of the five Sarasota County commissioners Read More
Environmental Impact Statement requested
Save Our Siesta Sand 2 urges County Commission to press Army Corps of Engineers once again to undertake an in-depth environmental analysis of proposed dredging of Big Pass By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com A member of the board of directors of Read More
County ‘bed tax’ revenue allocated to City of Sarasota expected to be needed this fiscal year for Lido Renourishment Project, city engineer tells county staff
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Over a month before an administrative law hearing began on challenges to the project, City of Sarasota staff informed Sarasota County staff that the city hopes to use about $3.6 million it is due in Read More
Groin construction for Lido Renourishment Project would be prohibited during sea turtle nesting season, U.S. Fish and Wildlife says
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com With the focus having been put on legal challenges over the past couple of months, a Biological Opinion the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued on the plans for the Lido Renourishment Project figuratively Read More
SKA joins two other nonprofits in challenging state’s plan to issue permit for Lido Renourishment Project and establishes Environmental Defense Fund
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Late on Jan. 13, the Siesta Key Association (SKA) formally filed its petition with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), seeking an administrative hearing on the department’s Dec. 22, 2016 Notice of Intent to Read More
Army Corps of Engineers tells County Commission an Environmental Impact Statement not warranted for Lido Renourishment Project
By Rachel Brown Hackney www.SarasotaNewsLeader.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has informed the Sarasota County Commission that it does not believe an Environmental Impact Statement is warranted on its joint project with the City of Sarasota to dredge Read More
FDEP agreed to waiver on Lido Renourishment Project timeline because it wanted more time to review materials related to the application, city engineer says
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com The reason the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) agreed to extend by 30 days a decision on its next step in the Lido Renourishment Project permit process was because staff wanted more time to Read More
An increase in the amount of sand to be dredged from Big Pass to renourish Lido Key cited in latest documents submitted to FDEP
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has increased the amount of sand it and the City of Sarasota propose to dredge from Big Sarasota Pass to renourish south Lido Key, its consultant informed the Read More
SKA calls for County Commission to request an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Lido Renourishment Project
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com The Siesta Key Association (SKA) has formally requested that the Sarasota County Commission call for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of the City of Sarasota/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposed Lido Renourishment Project. A Read More