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Task Force approves CAPRA Cycle 14 submissions, public raises erosion hazard at Corley bay ending
Summary
The Shoreline Task Force voted to recommend three CAPRA Cycle 14 grant applications — beach renourishment, expanded beach-and-dune monitoring, and a bayside living shoreline for streets including Corley — after a resident warned of an immediate erosion hazard at the Corley street ending.
At a special meeting, the Shoreline Task Force voted to recommend that City Council submit three grant applications under the Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CAPRA) Cycle 14: a beach renourishment project (in partnership with the General Land Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), an expansion of the annual beach-and-dune monitoring program to more frequent LIDAR surveys, and a South Padre Island bayside living-shoreline project focused on up to 10 street endings where bayside erosion is most severe.
The motion to approve submission was made by a task force member and seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.
The CAPRA discussion followed a public comment earlier in the meeting…
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