Port Charlotte Beach Park Shoreline Stabilization

Project Description

Combination of Floating Breakwaters, Reef Underneath Pier, and Sediment Trap

The groin underneath the existing pier made of natural reef materials. The floating breakwaters will reduce erosion and decrease the rate of shoaling into the Sunrise Waterway navigation channel. The oyster reef underneath the pier will trap sand drifting west from the beach, keeping it east of the pier and reducing the shoaling rate into the Sunrise Waterway navigation channel. The sediment trap will further reduce the rate of shoaling into the navigation channel.

Project Location

Port Charlotte Beach Park

4500 Harbor Blvd.

Port Charlotte, FL 33952

Project Impacts

The combination of these three alternatives was chosen as these strategies represent an approach with minor impacts to the recreational usage of the beach that will reduce sand transport into the navigation channel and restore and help sustain the Beach Park’s sandy shoreline and should have a good probability of being permitted.

Latest Updates

Preliminary designs were developed to begin the regulatory agency permitting process.

Budget

Funding source(s): FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant

Schedule

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