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Martin County coastal manager outlines 4‑Mile Beach renourishment, Bathtub Beach protection and reef projects
Summary
Jessica Garland, Martin County coastal program manager, described how the county manages 21 miles of Atlantic shoreline, the scheduled 4‑Mile Beach renourishment, monitoring and biological work, recent seawall performance at Bathtub Beach, artificial‑reef programs (including a planned 200‑foot ship sinking), and living shoreline projects.
Jessica Garland, the county’s coastal program manager in the Public Works Environmental Resources Division, described the county’s coastal projects and operations during a recorded county meeting interview.
"I am the coastal program manager for public works in the environmental resources division," Garland said, adding that she and one coordinator manage the county’s 21 miles of Atlantic‑facing beach parks.
Garland described several ongoing and planned projects. The 4‑Mile Beach renourishment project is a permitted, four‑mile‑long beach project that is scheduled roughly every eight years (weather and storms can shorten the interval). Garland said the last full project work took place in 2018; an earlier project was in 2013 but storms reduced the interval between projects. She said the county schedules pre‑storm and seasonal surveys and conducts annual summer surveys per permit requirements to measure sand volumes and to inform emergency…
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