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Pinellas County outlines $1.3 million causeway erosion repair, to pilot one-way circulation in October
Summary
Pinellas County told Dunedin commissioners the Dunedin Causeway suffered two storm-damage sites: a completed $60,000 emergency bridge repair and an estimated $1.3 million embankment erosion. The county plans to seek FEMA reimbursement and pilot a north-side one-way circulation in October while proposing bollards and guardrails to stop vehicles from getting onto the Pinellas Trail.
Pinellas County officials briefed the Dunedin City Commission on storm damage to the Dunedin Causeway and plans to both repair erosion and pilot a new traffic circulation pattern.
Tom Washburn of the Pinellas County Transportation Division told the commission the county completed an emergency bridge and sidewalk repair that cost about $60,000 and submitted paperwork to FEMA and FDOT for reimbursement. He said the more significant damage is erosion on the causeway's southwest embankment, and that the county's estimate has increased from roughly $440,000 earlier this year to about $1,300,000 in the latest submission to FEMA.
"We're up to about $1,300,000," Washburn said, noting the county is processing FEMA/FDOT grant agreements…
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