South Ponte Vedra FEMA Category G Project

Recent hurricanes and northeasters have severely eroded South Ponte Vedra Beach (SPV). The proposed project sand placement volume is 610,000 cubic yards (about 22 cy/ft. on average). This is a dredge project.

The northern end of this project area is 2539 S Ponte Vedra Blvd., while the southern end is 3175 S Ponte Vedra Blvd. This project will tie in with the northern end of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project which just wrapped up its second nourishment in December 2023.

The design calls for a dune with a crest width of 15 ft. and an elevation varying between 14 and 16.5 ft. NAVD alongshore, and a berm with a width varying between 30 and 40 ft. and an elevation varying between 10 and 12.5 ft. NAVD alongshore.

The County is pursuing FEMA Cat G funding and has already secured State of Florida post-Ian/Nicole emergency grant funding to reconstruct the project.

The County has a joint coastal permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) (0340616-003-JC) and a Department of Army permit from the USACE (SAJ-2018-00349).

An Erosion Control Line (ECL) has been established throughout the project area.

The County has hired an engineering firm to completed the permitting, Engineering, and Design work for the project. The updated schedule will be posted after initial agency coordination occurs.