lido Renourishment Project

Big Sarasota Pass

Published on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 by author

Addendum to Army Corps of Engineers’ new solicitation for Lido Renourishment Project raises amount of sand for placement on beach By Rachel Brown Hackney, SarasotaNewsLeader.com On Jan. 8, the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers (USACE) issued an amendment to its new Read More

Big Pass sand borrow area offshore of Siesta Key eliminated from dredging plans

Published on December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 by author

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

Published on November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 by author

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

Published on October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 by author

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

Published on December 31, 2017 by author

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

Published on April 1, 2017March 30, 2017 by author

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

Published on February 1, 2017January 30, 2017 by author

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

Published on January 1, 2017December 28, 2016 by author

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

Published on October 1, 2016September 30, 2016 by author

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

Published on September 1, 2016August 31, 2016 by author

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

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