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Florida Town Park living shoreline completed; 10,000 plants installed
Summary
Shelley Alexander said the Florida Town living shoreline—built with breakwaters, a marsh sill and stormwater pretreatment—has been completed; staff reported planting 10,000 marsh plants and said the project was funded by a Florida DEP federal grant through the American Rescue Plan.
Shelley Alexander, environmental department, showed images of the completed Florida Town living shoreline and described the installed breakwaters, a marsh sill and associated plantings. She said the project included access features and stormwater pretreatment elements to protect the shoreline.
Alexander said the county has completed planting about "10,000 plants inside that marsh sill" and that the work was funded primarily by a Florida Department of Environmental Protection federal grant awarded through the American Rescue Plan.
