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Port St. Joe commission rescinds support for Gulf County's floating dry dock proposal amid environmental and traffic concerns
Summary
After hours of public comment and debate, the Port St. Joe City Commission voted 3-2 to rescind its earlier letter of support for a proposed floating dry dock associated with Eastern Shipbuilding and directed staff to oppose the project pending additional environmental and economic analysis.
PORT ST. JOE, Fla. Sept. 8, 2025 The Port St. Joe City Commission voted 3-2 on Monday to rescind a prior letter of support for a county-backed proposal to site a floating dry dock in St. Joe Bay, a move commissioners said was necessary to give the city more time to review environmental data, traffic impacts and economic benefits.
The contested project would place a floating dry dock in a portion of St. Joe Bay and has been advanced through a county application for grant assistance. Several speakers at Monday's commission meeting urged the city to oppose the concept, citing the potential need for large-scale dredging, possible disturbance of contaminated sediments from a former paper-mill site, and uncertainty about how many local residents would be employed by the facility.
Deb Mays of the Gulf County Citizens Coalition told the commission that existing sediment testing shows…
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