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Commission pauses decision on Pocomo shore protection projects after debate over whether core-fiber arrays constitute coastal engineering structures
Summary
Representatives for two neighboring Pocomo properties presented near-identical proposals to install core-fiber rolls with sand nourishment and keep existing sand-drift fencing. Commissioners debated whether that combination should be treated as a coastal engineering structure and continued the applications to Nov. 6 for further review.
Two nearly identical shoreline applications for properties on Paco Mo Road were opened Oct. 16 and then continued after a lengthy technical and regulatory discussion about whether certain bioengineered assemblies should be classified as coastal engineering structures.
Mark Ritz of Site Design presented applications for 86 and 88 Paco Mo Road proposing "high-density coir rolls at the toe of the bank" with sand nourishment and plantings. "The array design is essentially identical to what was previously permitted at 84 Paco…
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