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Lynn Haven reviews early designs and costs for two "living shorelines" to slow erosion
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City commissioners heard consultants and Dr. Jessica Graham outline early-stage designs for living-shoreline breakwaters at the wastewater treatment pond and Lynn Haven Bayou Park & Preserve, with preliminary cost ranges and a request to consider a letter of support for pending grant proposals.
Lynn Haven commissioners on Tuesday received an information-only briefing on two early-stage "living shoreline" projects aimed at slowing shoreline erosion and restoring marsh habitat along the bay.
Dr. Jessica Graham, who led the community outreach and project identification steps, said the Nature Conservancy helped identify 72 initial candidate projects across the estuary, and the city is now advancing two into the feasibility and schematic-design phases: a stretch of shoreline at the wastewater treatment pond and a longer reach at Lynn Haven Bayou Park & Preserve. "We are only at that feasibility stage," Graham said, adding the team wants public feedback as design advances.
Consultants from Jacobs Engineering presented concept designs and tradeoffs among three reef-style options: quarry limestone riprap, precast interlocking "oyster castle" blocks, and precast modular "reef balls." David Bell of Jacobs described how offshore reef structures—placed roughly…
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