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Commission recommends variance for Keesler Air Force Base living-shoreline project
Summary
The DMR advisory commission recommended approval of a variance allowing installation of a 1.35-mile living shoreline and rock breakwaters along Keesler Air Force Base and the adjacent VA Medical Center shoreline after staff concluded impacts meet regulatory criteria.
The commission recommended that the executive director approve a variance for a Keesler Air Force Base living-shoreline project intended to reduce erosion along the base and the adjacent VA Medical Center shoreline.
DMR staff presenter Alicia summarized the federal consistency review, describing a 1.35-mile project that would place a series of rock breakwaters and associated riprap to stabilize the shoreline. Staff described breakwaters roughly 100 feet long, 9 feet wide at the base and 4 feet tall, spacing of about 25 feet between breakwaters, a stated…
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