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Commission asks staff to study 'living seawalls' and permitting for resiliency upgrades
Summary
Vice Mayor asked staff to explore living seawalls (bio walls) as a resilience and habitat measure. Commissioners discussed candidate locations (Intracoastal Park, Bella Vista Bay Park), permitting through the county and DEP incentives, and whether installations better suit new seawalls than retrofits.
The commission discussed the potential to deploy living seawalls — modular panels or tile systems that create habitat and reduce environmental harm — and directed staff to study feasibility and permitting.
The vice mayor described two approaches: FIU-developed tiles affixed to seawalls and larger…
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